Jerry Clapsaddle papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Jerry Clapsaddle collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

Jerry Clapsaddle collection, C0064, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
10 linear feet (24 boxes)
Creator:
Jerry Clapsaddle, 1941-
Abstract:
This collection contains materials pertaining to Jerry Clapsaddle's career as a professor of art at George Mason University. Materials include annual reports, correspondence, slides, and videotapes.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Jerry Clapsaddle collection, C0064, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains materials pertaining to Clapsaddle's career at George Mason University, including memoranda and correspondence between Clapsaddle and University administrators, student feedback on the ArtsBus program, and information on the NEA-funded Arts in Public Places (AIPP) program in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Series 1 contains the subject files of the collection. In this series, there are correspondences, biographical material, and administrative information for the George Mason University school of art, the ArtsBus and Art in Public Places. The administrative information contains financial statements, annual reports and reviews and other material on the day to day business. Series 2 contains photographs, slides and audio cassette tapes. This section presents artwork from George Mason University students as well as others. Series 3 contains VHS tapes of student art projects, along with a video guide and a faculty handbook.

This series contains office material from Jerry Clapsaddle's time as a professor of art, including correspondence, annual reports, files on the ArtsBus and museums, and information on the Art in Public Places program.

Getting Hired

Goals

Faculty Profile

Floor Plans

Memorandums, Annual Report, Arts Gala

Memorandums, Travel Request, Postcard

Correspondence, Papermaking Workshop, Accounting Report,

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Correspondence

Biographical and Professional Material from 1941-1986

Correspondence

Facts and Figures Comparisons

Correspondence, Postcard, Petree Graphics

Correspondence, Department Responsibilities

Correspondence, Fellowships, Tenure Track Faculty

Correspondence, Report, Pamphlets

Correspondence, Articles, "On Teaching at a Second-Rate University" by Terry Caesar

Correspondence, Newspaper Article

Bachelor of Individual Study

Bachelors of Individual Study

New York, Student Reports

Name Listings, Articles

Bryan Smith, New York, The Week Art, Luhring Augustine "On the Tightrope"

Cancelled

CUE Art, New York

CUE Art, Participant List

New York, The Art World, Participant List

New York, Correspondence

Development

Overnight to New York, Honors Seminar

New York

New York, Correspondence, Carolee Schneemann

Receipts, Correspondence, Participant List, Wait List, New York

Art and Visual Technologies, Correspondence, Participant List, Itinerary, New York

Receipts, Contracts, Correspondence, New York

New York, Wait List, Participant List,

Participant List, New York

Davor Vrankic, Participant List, Letter of Complaint, New York

New York, Participant List, Wait List

Flier

Invoices, Fliers, Correspondence, Brochures

New York, Participant List, Guides

Correspondence, Participant List, Art Magazine, Wait List, New York

Correspondence, Arts Bus Video Advertisement, Mark Stevens, Participant List

Correspondence, Risk Release Agreement,

Correspondence, Wait List

Participant List, Response to Student Comments, Receipts

New York, Articles

New York, Art Mark Stevens, War Stories, The Museum of Modern Art

Flier, Chuck Close, Robert Storr

New York, Participant List

New York, Flier, Correspondence, Art Magazine Copy

New York, Flier, Correspondence

New York, Chris Martin

New York,

New York

New York, Art Magazine Copy, Correspondence

New York, Articles

New York, Correspondence, Museum of Modern Art

New York

New York

New York

New York, Fliers, Brochures, Pratt Institute, Articles

New York, Meret Oppenheim "Beyond the Teacup"

Correspondence

Mission Statement, Correspondence, Memorandums

Correspondence, Newspaper Articles, Call for Entries

Fliers, Pamphlets, Correspondence

Course Syllabi, Articles, Correspondence

Faculty Meetings, Memorandums

Agenda, Meetings, Training Scenarios, ByLaws

Correspondence, Forms

Correspondence

Meeting Minutes

Memorandums, By Laws

Correspondence, Article

Sculpture Proposal, Newspaper Articles, Correspondence

20 Years of Service

Memorandums, Correspondence, Convocation

Personal Mythology

Alumni Lists Class of 1976 and Forward

Fliers, Newsletters, Pamphlets

Correspondence, Cards

Correspondence

Articles, Correspondence

Convocation, Correspondence

Correspondence, Financial Records

Correspondence, Forms, Progress Reports

Pamphlets, Post Cards, Examples of Public Art

Pamphlets

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Article, Pamphlets

Articles, Pamphlets, Booklets

Correspondence, Contract

Correspondence, Cultural Park Map and Plans

Budget Reports

Newspaper Articles

Correspondence

University of Massachusetts Art Council

Pamphlets, Guide to Philadelphia Architecture

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Articles

Magazines, Newspaper Articles

Ballston Gateway Proposal

Urban Design

Newspapers

Booklets, Newsletters

Newspaper Articles

Building the Modern City

Newsletter

Livability, Art in Form

Newspaper Articles

Correspondence, Articles

Correspondence, Events, Awards

Correspondence, Plan for the Arts

Possible Split Between Art and Art History

Meeting Minutes

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Articles

Correspondence, Prospectus

Meeting Minutes

Correspondence, Text Suggestions, Calendar

Newspaper Articles

Goals, Teaching, Articles, Fliers, Studio Fundamentals,

Correspondence, Short on Faculty

Faculty Agenda

Course Lists, Fliers, Correspondence

Correspondence, Meeting

Instructional Rating Reports, Events, Booklets

Faculty Workload, Art Studies Handbook

Mission Statement, Meeting Minutes

New Website

Correspondence, Drafts for Restructuring Ideas

First Issue of Platform

Discussion of Curriculum Changes

Correspondence, Institute of Arts Peer Review

VHS Price Lists, Video Catalogs

Expenses, Copy

Correspondence, Newspaper Articles, Booklets, Fliers

Itinerary, New York City

Correspondence, Articles on Events

Correspondence, Expenses, Exhibition Information, New York City

Correspondence, Newspaper Articles, Notes

Art Guides

Epic Vision, Review

New York City, Arts Guide

Subway, Buses, Tour Masters, Risk Forms, New York City Artists and Art Dealers, New York City Maps

Newspaper Articles, Restaurant Reviews

Correspondence, Guide Books

Articles, Museum References

Memorandums, Financial Statements

Correspondence, Newspaper Articles

Notes

Board List, New York City, Overnight Trip

Correspondence

Correspondence

Maps and Exhibition Lists for New York City

This series contains photographs and slides of art from students and museums, as well as art in public places.

Slides

Slides

Oakton High School

Slides

Journal, Slides, Cassette Tape

Photographs

Cassette Tapes

Photographs

Blue Container

This serious contains VHS tapes of art projects by students.

Fliers, Response Gallery, Video Rental, Correspondence

GMU-TV

SF2 Student Videos

Students of Rosalind Kimball Moulton, "Mental Games" by Rosalind Kimball Moulton

Biographical / historical:

Jerry Clapsaddle was an art professor at George Mason University from 1982-2005. During his career at George Mason University, Clapsaddle worked to promote the public exhibition of student and faculty art. In 1987 he founded ArtsBus, a program of the Department of Art and Visual Technology (later the School of Art) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University, which plans field trips for art students to galleries in New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by Jerry Clapsaddle in 2005-2006.
Processing information:

Processed by Tom Duncan in 2010. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Additional EAD markup completed by Tom Duncan in 2010.

Arrangement:

Organized into three series.

  • Series 1: Subject Files, 1981-2004 (Boxes 1-7)
  • Series 2: Photographs and Slides, 1973-2002 (Box 8)
  • Series 3: Videotapes, 1995-2000 (Boxes 9-10)