Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Wood, Beatrice
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- Beatrice Wood papers
- Beatrice Wood papers / Series 5: Diaries
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Date
- 1915-1998
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.woodbeat, Subseries 5.2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Beatrice Wood papers, 1906-1998, bulk 1930-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Materials are arranged chronologically by document type.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
- Scope and Contents note
- This subseries contains transcripts of Wood's diary entries, although they are not verbatim nor complete. Many entries also include detailed annotations written by Wood. These annotions contain additional information on the contents of the entry, focusing most specifically on personal feelings regarding individuals or events. Also contained in this subseries are edited versions of the transcripts and excerpts from diary entries that describe specific events in Wood's life. Examples include the the diary excerpts that describe her days with Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roche, and the Arensbergs. In the mid-1990s, Wood hoped to write a book containing excerpts and notes from her diaries. Drafts of the book, tentatively entitled No Longer Shy: Extracts from the Diaries of Beatrice Wood, are also included in this subseries.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. The unprocessed addtion to this collection is currently closed for processing and digitization. Contact Reference Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511496768-1503511496901-8
