Jerry Clapsaddle papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
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:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

Jerry Clapsaddle collection, C0064, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
10 Linear Feet 24 boxes
Creator:
Clapsaddle, Jerry, 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 Research Center, 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.

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:

Arranged into three series.

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