General Diaries and Notes

Object Details

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Sponsor: Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.

Archival Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center

Collection Citation: Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Collection Rights: Unpublished materials are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Scope and Contents: Includes: "Colombier"; "Inspiration to do a Room"; "Bird Boxes"; dream of Debussy "was with us and interested in my (own) life"; "Hotel Etoile"; cellar work; Cerrito box for show; "Cellar work on new Americana collage of Betty Voorh old house woman's head in ladle" (Given to Stephen Paine by Elizabeth Cornell Benton in 1973); Apollinaire, Lois Smith, Danish Ballet; "Cellar spurt rare these days."

Collection Restrictions: Access to the collection requires an advanced appointment. Contact collection staff at least two weeks prior to preferred date, at AmericanArtCornellStudy@si.edu. Series 9: Artifacts and Ephemera, Series 13: Personal Library and Book Collection, and Series 14: Record Album Collection, are still undergoing processing and preservation and may not be available for research use. Record albums are unavailable for playback. Contact collection staff for full lists of publications and record albums.