Artist's Records, circa 1960-2024
Scope and Contents
The Artist’s Records series consists of materials Rosenthal accumulated over the course of her daily life as a working artist. The bulk of materials span the 1970s through the 2020s. Materials include daily calendars, billing books, memo books, and the work binders Rosenthal used to document daily tasks, appointments, expenses and art sales, and to record notes and compile ideas. Other records include documents and ephemera-such as ID and membership cards-pertaining to Rosenthal’s studio practice, her live/work space, and professional projects and activities, including client files and other working files for her and Bill Creston's business eMediaLoft. Altogether, the materials in this series provide insight into the activities of an artist living and working in New York City in the 1970s through the present day.
Dates
- circa 1960-2024
Conditions Governing Access
Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please email QC.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Extent
From the Collection: approx. 137.82 Linear Feet (Approximately 137.82 linear feet plus additional textiles and oversized items. 157 archival boxes; 6 artifact boxes; 5 book totes; 6 clothing items on garment rack; 4 oversize folders.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically in thirteen subseries based on format and subject matter. Three subseries (Billing books, eMediaLoft, and Exhibition Documentation) have been further arranged on the file level.
- Calendars
- Barbara Rosenthal studio internships
- Billing books
- Business cards
- eMediaLoft
- Exhibition Documentation
- ID cards
- Memo books
- Rejection letters
- Scrap paper scrapbooks
- WCTV Commercials for Cable
- Westbeth Artists Housing
- Work Binders
Processing Information
This series was originally processed by Olivia Ascione D'Elia and Melissa Cholewa for Queens College's 790.3 Advanced Archival Practice course, taught by Caitlin Colban-Waldron in Summer 2022. Acretions were processed by Olivia Zisman in Fall 2025-Spring 2026.
Creator
- From the Collection: Rosenthal, Barbara, 1948- (Person)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 106 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 58 (Graphic Materials)
- flat-file-folder: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- flat-file-folder: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- flat-file-folder: 3 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
