Dorothy Furlong-Gardner Collection
11-006

Series 1 

Series 1, Box 1 

General note

BOX 1 of 2

1) Two slide boxes labeled "NOWCA/WITM slide show": Each slide is labeled with the artist's name and a description of the work. Loose paper details that one box contains 138 slides while the other has 74 slides, totaling 212 slides. It also indicates that 69 works and 63 artists were in show.

2) Business cards: Contact information for people of various professional fields (art world, local government, contractors, lawyer, etc.)

3) Receipts: From Kinko's and South Central Bell.

4) Correspondence: Personal correspondence; exhibit announcement; invitation to an art exhibit; postcards with art work sent to WITM (i.e., Women in the Mainstream); letter from applicant for job with WITM pavilion; exhibition directory sent by The Exhibit Planners of Delmar, NY; official letter of selection to the Women's Pavilion at the 1984 World Fair and certificate addressed to Elizabeth Wisner

5) Mailable poster: Call for Entries into the National Women's Art Exhibition in the Women's Pavilion, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, Inc., New Orleans, May 12 to November 11, 1984

6) Journal publication: Hue Points- The Newsmagazine of the Women's Caucus for Art, Volume XIV, Number One, Spring 1986

7) Spiral-bound essay: Spiral-bound essay of Furlong-Gardner's account of the creation of The Women's Pavilion (1984 Louisiana World Exposition), dated March 29, 2011)

8) Red spiral-bound notebook (8 1/2 X 11 1/2, 60 sheets): Notebook labeled "WITM/WCA World Fair - Journal - Dorothy Furlong-Gardner". Notebook is handwritten and each page is used.

9) Manila folder labeled "NOWCA/WITM": Contains two newspaper articles and a document entitled "Art Exhibition Schedule," which lays out the calendar for the Women's Pavilion at the 1984 World Fair

10) NOWCA Newsletter: August-September 1983 Issue

11) Pamphlet: Entitled "To Your Health," put out by the Southern Baptist Hospital, March/April 1986.

12) WITM Executive Committee: Legal-size sheet with typed list of WITM Executive Committee and lots of handwritten information added in.

13) List of names and phone numbers handwritten of a letter-size piece of cardboard

14) Junior-legal-size notebook, bound with metal spirals: Notebook is entitled "NOWCA and WITM SHOW 1984." On the front cover, Dorothy Furlong-Gardner's name appears with the note "If found please call: 895-3082, 891-7223." Content includes lists of names, with addresses and phone numbers, lists of things to do, questions, minutes from meetings, and miscellaneous notes.

15) Manila folder labeled "LA World Expo 1984": Contains handwritten notes (lists of names, things-to-do), artists' resumes.: Contains handwritten notes (lists of names, things-to-do), artists' resumes.

16) Brown letter-sized folder engraved in golden letters with "New Orleans Convention & Exhibition Center": Handwritten notes, including lists of names and contact information, lists of things to do, minutes from meetings, etc.

17) Brown letter-sized folder engraved in golden letters with "New Orleans Convention & Exhibition Center": Handwritten notes, including lists of names and contact information, lists of things to do, minutes from meetings, etc.

18) Blue pocket folder with 3 metallic clasps: Back of front cover has handwritten list of women artists; back sleeve has correspondence from WITM to art gallery, list of artists. Content of the folder includes lists of women artists, timeline of phone exchanges and correspondence, misc. information about art pieces

19) Pink pocket folder, with 3 metallic clasps, labeled "W.I.T.M./N.O.W.C.A. Art Exhibition Jury": Front sleeve contains B&W photos and resumes of women artists Ida Kohlmeyer and Josine Starrels. A list of women's names and contact information is handwritten on th inside front sleeve. Information contained in thef older pertains to women artisits, their training, artwork, notes to self. Also has information about art jurors, curators, copies of misc. correspondence

20) Pink manila folder labeled "Women's Pavilion - '84 Expo": List of work in exhibition (with $ value of pieces)

Series 1, Box 2 

General note

BOX 2 of 2

1) Newcomb Archives Deed of Gift Form, dated 04/11/11

2) NOWCA Newsletters:

--September 1981 (Vol. III, #5)

--February-March 1982 (Vol. IV, #1)

--April-May 1982 (Vol. IV, #2)

--June-July 1982 (Vol. IV, #3)

--October-November 1982

--December '82/January '83 (2 copies)

--April-May 1983

--June-July 1983

--August-September 1983 (4 copies)

--November-December 1983

3) Women's Caucus For Art Honor Awards- Several issues published by the National Women's Caucus For Art Conferences, New York City:

--February 24-26, 1982

--February 10-14, 1986

--February 10-13, 1987

--February 9-12, 1988

--February 13-15, 1989

--February 13-15, 1990

--February 19-21, 1991

4) Women's Caucus For Art--1989 Leadership List: Lists national, regional, and state officers nationwide

5) Fourth Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition (8 copies): Booklet about the Exhibition of Contemporary Artworks presented by the New Orleans Women's Caucus for Art in cooperation with the University of New Orleans, September 6-23, 1983

6) Invitational to art opening reception: Tilden-Foley Gallery, May 6, 1983

7) Louisiana Premiere: Women Artists--An Exhibition of Works by Louisiana Women, January 31 - February 26, 1980: Catalog is a collection of postcards representing the artwork of Louisiana women. Each postcard can be detached and used as stationery.

8) Women's Caucus for Art brochure

9) ArtLogue, Second Issue (lacks date of publication but Post-It note on front cover reads "Probably Jan. 1988")--2 copies: Local (i.e., New Orleans) art publication

10) Fragments- An Exhibit of Works Selected from the New Orleans Women's Caucus for Art, July 26 - August 31, 1982 (7 copies): Catalog put together by Delgado Community College Fine Arts Gallery. Features 13 women artists

11) Flyer advertising the Opening Reception for the "Fragments Exhibit" (see description of catalog and project above)

12) Invitational to the Third Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition Opening, September 11 (year unspecified but probably 1982)--2 copies: Postcard format

13) Delgado Community College Invitational Showing of NOWCA artisits, September 19 (year unknown), taking place at the Hammond Cultural Foundation

14) Brochure advertising the Fourth Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition, September 6-23, 1983: Has exhibition calendar, an entry card, a jury notification card, and identification cards

15) Pink manila folder labeled "National W.C.A.":

--Folder contains: "WCA National Update" quarterly publication--Issues from 1982, Summer 1986, Summer 1987, Winter 1987, Summer 1988, Fall/Winter 1988-89, Winter 1989 (2 distinct issues), Spring/Summer 1990, Summer 1990, Spring 1991, Summer 1991, Winter 1991, Winter 1995.

--Folder also contains "WCA Newsletter"--Following issues: Vol. X, No. 1 (Fall 1980); Vol. X, No. 2 (Winter 1981); 2 copies of Vol. X, No. 3 (February 24-26, 1981); Vol. X, No. 4 (1982).

--Folder has issues of "Hue Points: Women's Caucus for Art Newsmagazine"--Vol. XI No. 1 (May 1982); Vol. XI No. 2 (September 1982); Vol. XII No. 1 and 2 (Spring/Summer 1983).

--National Network Directory (Women's Caucus for Art, Fall 1982); Brochure entitled "Women Artists"--lists slides and notes series published by Harper & Row's College Media Division; 1986 WCA Membership Dues Form; misc. WCA correspondence, calls for papers, calls for nominations, information on insurance services, call for support.

16) The New Orleans Women's Caucus for Art Presents: The 1985 Juried Exhibition "Women About Men/Men About Women"--September 7 - September 23, 1985, New Orleans Academy of Fine Art Gallery: Booklet presenting the artwork of the artists featured in the exhibition

17) Leaflet presenting the 1986 Honorees' Exhibition--Janel Santiago Nelson, Kitty O'Meallie, and Jesselyn Benson Zurik

18) WCA Membership Directory 1986 with "1987 WCA Leaders" booklet

19) WCA Membership Directory 1990/91 with typed list of 1987-89 NOWCA Officers and Board

20) Call for Entry to the Second Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition, September 14 - October 16, 1981: Tri-fold flyer

21) Invitational to the Second Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition, September 19, 1981: Postcard format

22) Flyer announcing "An Exhibition from the New Orleans Women's Caucus for Art" at the UWF Art Gallery, January 13 - February 12, 1986 (2 copies): Flyer has the names of the women artists featured in the exhibition