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Athena Tacha papers

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Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
3518
Repository:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Extent:
3.4 linear feet (3.4 linear feet, 12 boxes, 2 volumes )
Language:
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Date:
1942-2000 (inclusive)
Creator:
Tacha, Athena, 1936-.
Form:
Photographs.
Abstract:
Athena Tacha (1936-) is a Greek American sculptor, photographer, and conceptual artist who received degrees from the National Academy of Fine Arts (Athens, Greece), Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio), and the University of Paris (Sorbonne). In the 1960s she settled in the United States and became a professor of sculpture at Oberlin College. Her commissioned pieces are installed as public art across the United States and in several other countries as well. This collection contains mostly early correspondence, education materials, publications, and artwork from 1950 through the 1980s, although it spans from 1950 to 2000.

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Brancusi's Birds by Athena Tacha, 1969 (NB933.B7 S63)

At other institutions:

Athena Tacha collection at Oberlin College in Pennsylvania. http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG30/SG262/biography.html

Athena Tacha papers at the Archives of American Art. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/athena-tacha-papers-6242

Oral history interview with Athena Tacha, 2009 December 4-6 at the Archives of American Art. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-athena-tacha-15749

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Subject

Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Sarah Newhouse
Finding Aid Date
March 6, 2012
Sponsor
This collection was processed during the Digital Center for Americana Project Phase II, which was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

1950-1963.
Box 1 Folder 1
1953-1991.
Box 1 Folder 2
1950s.
Box 1 Folder 3-7
1950s.
Box 2 Folder 1-2
1950s-1963.
Box 2 Folder 3-6
1962-1963.
Box 2 Folder 7
1965-1966.
Box 3 Folder 1-2
1965-1966, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 3
1968.
Box 3 Folder 4
1969-1973.
Box 3 Folder 5
1960s.
Box 3 Folder 6
1971, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 7
1973, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 8
1976-1984.
Box 4 Folder 1
1980-1983.
Box 4 Folder 2
1988-1989.
Box 4 Folder 3
1980s.
Box 4 Folder 4-7
1980s.
Box 5 Folder 1
1999-2000.
Box 5 Folder 2
1990s.
Box 5 Folder 3

Fellowships and scholarships: Paris, 1957, 1961, undated.
Box 5 Folder 4
Fellowships and scholarships: United States Information Service and the Greek National Scholarships Foundation, 1960-1963.
Box 5 Folder 5
Immigration: Visa file, 1965.
Box 6 Folder 1
Jobs: "Letters from Paris seeking jobs for returning to U.S.A.", 1962-1963.
Box 6 Folder 2
Letters of recommendation and diplomas (duplicates), 1958-1963.
Notes and papers: Aesthetics and art history notebooks from Paris, 1961-1963.
Box 8
Notes and papers: Aesthetics and art history notebooks from Paris: Loose items removed from notebooks, 1961-1963.
Box 6 Folder 4
Notes and papers: Architecture notebook, 1959.
Box 6 Folder 5
Notes and papers: Art history, 1955-1961, undated.
Box 6 Folder 6
Notes and papers: Art history courses at Oberlin College notebook, 1960-1961.
Volume 1-2
Notes and papers: Draft of PhD thesis, "L'Art du Relief", 1961 June 10.
Box 6 Folder 7
Notes and papers: Bronze casting workshop notebooks, 1957.
Box 9
Notes and papers: Computer programming, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 8
Notes and papers: Contemporary art seminar with E. Johnson, 1961.
Box 6 Folder 9
Notes and papers: Egyptian and Babylonian art and history, undated.
Box 6 Folder 10
Notes and papers: "French syntax and idioms" notebook, 1953.
Box 6 Folder 11
Notes and papers: Gothic architecture, 1965.
Box 6 Folder 12
Notes and papers: Latin grammar, 1950s.
Box 6 Folder 13
Notes and papers: Medieval art, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
Notes and papers: Michelangelo senior seminar notecards, Oberlin College.
Box 6 Folder 15
Notes and papers: Michelangelo senior seminar notes, Oberlin College, 1960.
Box 6 Folder 16
Notes and papers: Michelangelo senior seminar papers, Oberlin College, 1960.
Box 6 Folder 17
Notes and papers: Modern art, undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
Notes and papers: Musicology notebooks, 1962-1963.
Box 10
Notes and papers: Summer school at the Alliance Française, Paris, 1956.
Box 7 Folder 1

Certificates and awards, 1949.
Box 7 Folder 2
Clippings about Athena Tacha from newspapers and magazines, 1970s-1980s.
Box 7 Folder 3-4
Drawings, 1942-1946.
Box 7 Folder 5
Drawings, 1943-1952.
Box 7 Folder 6
Drawings: Brancusi's "Birds", undated.
Oversize 1
Drawings: Figures, sculpture, and architecture, 1956-1958.
Oversize 2-4
Lectures and publications, 1957-1958, 1961-1962.
Box 7 Folder 7
Lectures and publications: Early writings, 1943-1952.
Box 7 Folder 8
Lectures and publications: "Waterfronts as Site Sculpture" draft, 1985.
Box 7 Folder 9
Manuscripts, 1957-1958.
Box 7 Folder 10
Musical scores, undated.
Box 7 Folder 11
Photocopy of Constantine Tacha biography, 1956.
Box 7 Folder 11A
Notebooks: Lists of books read and various notes, 1950s.
Box 11-12

Photographs, 1957-1960.
Box 7 Folder 12
Photographs and postcards, 1956-1960, undated.
Box 7 Folder 13

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