Archives of American Art
Stephen S. Pace papers
Pace, Stephen, 1918-2010
AAA.pacestep
Archival Resource Key
6 Linear feet
3.79 Gigabytes
circa 1915-2010
The Stephen S. Pace papers measure 6.0 linear feet and 3.79 GB and date from circa 1915 to 2010. The papers document Pace's career as an abstract expressionist painter through awards, resumes, and other biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and art institutions; paintings, calendar books, exhibitions at various art galleries, and other professional material; rceipts, price lists, inventories, and other personal business records; newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed and digital material; and photographs, slides, and negatives of family and artwork.
English
, Italian
.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Scope and Contents
The Stephen S. Pace papers measure 6.0 linear feet and 3.79 GB and date from circa 1915 to 2010. The papers document Pace's career as an abstract expressionist painter through awards, resumes, and other biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and art institutions; paintings, calendar books, exhibitions at various art galleries, and other professional material; receipts, price lists, inventories, and other personal business records; newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed and digital material; and photographs, slides, and negatives of family and artwork.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel N70-7 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Separated Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel N70-7) including photographs of Pace's paintings, Pace in his studio, and Pace with students; scrapbooks; and miscellaneous correspondence including a letter from Karl Knaths and collector Herman Spertus about a trip to the Far East. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Biographical / Historical
Stephen Pace (1918-2010) was a painter and printmaker in New York, New York. Pace is best known for his work as an Abstract expressionist. Pace studied at the Art Students League of New York. He donated a number of works to the University of Southern Indiana, and donated funding for the creation of the Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries on the campus.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Stephen S. Pace papers were donated in 2016 by the Stephen and Palmina Pace Trust via, Cathy Claman, trustee. Material on reel N70-7 was lent for microfilming in 1969 by Stephen Pace.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020. Born-digital material was processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2021 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
Preferred Citation
Stephen Pace papers, circa 1915-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into six series.
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1936-2005 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1, 0.001 GB; ER01)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-2010 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1, 0.329 GB; ER02)
- Series 3: Professional Activity Files, 1944-2008 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 3.25 GB; ER03-ER05)
- Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1957-2007 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 2-3, 0.200 GB; ER06-ER08)
- Series 5: Printed Material, 1950-2010 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 3-4, 8, OV 9)
- Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1915-2007 (2.2 linear feet; Boxes 4-8, 0.003 GB; ER09)
Video recordings
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
Abstract expressionism
Biographical Material
Series 1
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0.1 Linear feet
Box 1
0.001 Gigabytes
ER01
1936-2005
Scope and Contents
Biographical material includes awards and certificates, resumes, passports, military records, and a high school yearbook.
Awards and Memberships
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1949-2005
1
1
Biographical Statements
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1957-1972
1
2
High School Diploma
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1936
1
3
Military Documents
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1942-1945
1
4
Pace Family Geneology
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1992
1
5
Passports
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1985-1995
1
6
Resumes
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1976-1980
1
7
Stephen Pace: A Bibliography
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1984
1
8
Yearbook
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1936
1
9
Personal Day Planner, Excerpt (1949 December - 1950 December), Digital Document
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0.001 Gigabytes
One computer file
2009
ER01
Miscellaneous
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undated
1
10
Correspondence
Series 2
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0.8 Linear feet
Box 1
0.329 Gigabytes
ER02
1949-2010
Scope and Contents
Correspondence includes letters from Pace to his parents, letters from his wife Pamelina, and letters from other family and friends and arts organizations.
Clement Greenberg
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1978-1980
1
11
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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1980-1981
1
12
Pace Society of America
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1962-1966
1
13
Pamelina Pace
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1955, 1973
1
14-15
Postcards
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1948-1964
1
16
Holiday Cards
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1988-1998
1
17
Sachs Gallery
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1975-1983
1
18
Correspondence, undated
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undated
1
19
Correspondence, 1949-1959
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1949-1959
1
20-24
Correspondence, 1960-1969
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1960-1969
1
25-27
Correspondence, 1970-1979
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1970-1979
1
28-31
Correspondence, 1980-1987
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1980-1987
1
32
Correspondence, 1990-1999
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1990-1999
1
33
Correspondence, 2000-2010
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2000-2010
1
34-35
Correspondence (1950s-1970s), Digital Documents
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0.329 Gigabytes
117 computer files
2009
ER02
Transcribed Letters
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1950-1987
1
36
Scope and Contents
Transcriptions of letters in earlier correspondence folders arranged by decade. It is unclear whether all the previous letters are transcribed or just a selection.
Miscellaneous
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undated
1
37-38
Professional Activity Files
Series 3
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0.9 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2
3.25 Gigabytes
ER03-ER05
1944-2009
Scope and Contents
Professional activity includes a calendar book, some paintings by both Pace and his mother, a sketchbook, exhbition records from various institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Academy of Design. Also included are VHS and DVD recordings about Pace's career.
"4 Decades" Exhibition
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1990-1991
1
39
American Academy of Arts and Letters
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2004
1
40
American Federation of Arts
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1957-1958
1
41
American University
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1976
1
42
Bard College
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1974-1975
1
43
Calendar Book
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1950
1
44
Corcoran Gallery of Art
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1981-1984
2
1
Deer Isle Artist Association
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1974-1998
2
2
Des Moines Art Center
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1967-1974
2
3
Easel Drawings
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undated
2
4
Everson Museum
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1977
2
5
Graham Gallery
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1970-1978
2
7
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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1980-1983
2
8
Hirshhorn Museum
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1991-1993
2
9
Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Inc.
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1959-1961
2
10
Kansas City Art Institute
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1973
2
11
Karlie Corporation
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1999-2000
2
12
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
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1998-2003
2
13-14
Maine Coast Artists
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1976-1982
2
15
Main Coast Artists Art Auctions
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1992-1998
2
16
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1978
2
17
Museum Acquisitions
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1959-1978
2
18
Museum of Modern Art
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1957-1965
2
19
National Academy of Design
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1998-2003
2
20
Notes
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undated
2
21
Paintings
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1972-1974
2
22-23
Polo Gallery
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1976
2
24
Polo Gallery (1976), Digital Documents
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0.079 Gigabytes
28 computer files
2009
ER03
Portland Museum of Art
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2004
2
25
Sketchbook
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undated
2
26
"Stephen Pace: Art Through A Life"
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2 Videocassettes (VHS)
undated
2
27
"Stephen Pace: Indiana Painter"
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2008
Contains born-digital records, see ER04
2
28
Scope and Contents
In film recording itself, title of the fim is "Stephen Pace: Maine Master".
"Stephen Pace: Maine Master", a film by Richard Kane and Paul Koronkiewicz, Digital Video Recording
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3.11 Gigabytes
One computer file
2008
ER04
"Stephen S. Pace: Indiana Painter Project" Grant Application
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2008
2
29
Traveling Exhibitions
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1953-1965
2
30
University of Texas
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1970
2
31
Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery
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1986
2
32
Vermont Studio School and Colony
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1991
2
33
Miscellaneous
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1944-2008
2
34-35
Contracts, Notes, Memos, Press Releases (1970s-1980s), Digital Documents
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0.065 Gigabytes
23 computer files
2009
ER05
Personal Business Records
Series 4
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0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 2-3
0.2 Gigabytes
ER06-ER08
1957-2007
Scope and Contents
Personal business records include inventories, price lists, receipts, an insurance policy, and documentation related to gifting artwork to various galleries such as the Hirshhorn Museum and Brown University Library.
Art Consent Forms
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2003
2
36
Bates College
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1993-1995
2
37
Brown University Library
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1994
2
38
Consignments
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1985-1994
2
39-40
Farnsworth Art Museum
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1996-1998
2
41
Hirshhorn Museum
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1991-1997
2
42
Ingeborg
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1989-1995
3
1
Insurance Policy
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2007
3
2
Inventory Cards
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undated
3
3
Inventory List
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2004, 2007
3
4-5
Kansas City Art Institute
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1973
3
6
Kansas City Art Institute (1973), Digital Documents
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0.037 Gigabytes
13 computer files
2009
ER06
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
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2004-2005
3
7
Loft Studio Insurance Statements
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2004-2006
3
8
Museum Gifts
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1974-2004
3
9
National Museum of American Art
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1996-1997
3
10
New Harmony Print Workshop
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1982
3
11
List of Works
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1973
3
12
Price Lists
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1969-2004
3
13-15
Price Lists (1940s-1970s), Digital Documents
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0.115 Gigabytes
41 computer files
2009
ER07
Portland Museum of Art
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1995
3
16
Receipts
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1985-1990
3
17
Sachs Gallery
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1976-1983
3
18
Miscellaneous
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1957-2004
3
19-20
Receipts, Invoices, Deeds of Gift (1950s-1970s), Digital Documents
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0.048 Gigabytes
17 computer files
2009
ER08
Printed Material
Series 5
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1.3 Linear feet
Boxes 3-4, 8 OV 9
1950-2010
Scope and Contents
Printed material includes newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, exhibition catalogs, exhibition announcements, exhibition posters, newsletters, and articles on Pace. Also included are a number of Gallery Guide magazine ads or reviews of Pace's work.
Articles on Pace
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circa 1964-1999
3
21-24
Articles on Pace
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1951-2007
8
1
Clippings
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1964-2010
3
25-29
Exhibition Announcements
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1953-2010
3
30-35
Exhibition Catalogs
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1963-2010
3
36-43
Exhibition Catalogs
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1950-2005
4
1-3
Exhibition Posters
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circa 1956
4
4
Exhibition Posters
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1985
9
Gallery Guide
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1978-2006
4
5-7
Magazine Clippings
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1954-1997
4
8-9
National Academy of Design Catalogs
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1994-2000
4
10
New Harmony Story
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1993
4
11
Newsletters
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1976-2006
4
12
Ora Pace Painting Reproductions
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undated
4
13
Press Releases
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1978-1991
4
14
Postcard Reproductions of Artwork
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undated
4
15
Miscellaneous
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1980-2007
4
16-17
Photographic Material
Series 6
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2.2 Linear feet
Boxes 4-8
0.003 Gigabytes
ER09
circa 1915-2007
Scope and Contents
Photographic material includes photographs of Stephen and Pamelina Pace, their family and friends, and of Pace at work in his studio. There are also photographs, slides, and negatives, of Pace's paintings and drawings. There is also a photo album of a party for Pace from 2007.
Military
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circa 1936
4
18
Pamelina Pace
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undated
4
19
Pamelina Pace
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circa 1949
8
5
Stephen Pace
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circa 1953-1977
4
20-23
Stephen Pace
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circa 1949
8
4
Wedding
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1949
4
24
Pace in Studio
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circa 1960-2000
4
25-28
Pace Barn
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1988
4
29
Portraits, Stephen and Pamelina Pace
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undated
4
30
Personal
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circa 1949-1966
8
3
Emily Barker (1966), Digital Photograph
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0.003 Gigabytes
One computer file
2009
ER09
Personal
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1948-2005
4
31-36
Personal
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circa 1915-2006
5
1-15
Drawings
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1968
5
16-17
Drawings
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1950
8
2
Abstract Paintings
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
18
Paintings
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1977-2000
5
19-32
Paintings
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undated
6
1
"4 Decades" Exhibition
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1992
6
2
Oil Paintings by Ora K. Pace
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undated
6
3
War Posters
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undated
6
4
Contact Sheets
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1973
6
5
Slides, Artwork
Archival Resource Key
2000
6
6-7
Transparencies, Artwork
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undated
7
1
Negative, Painting
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
2
Negatives and Transparencies
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undated
7
3
"Pace Party" Album
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2007
7
4