Box 99

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This series comprises personal materials belonging to the Rosenthal family—mainly Barbara and her parents Leon and Evelyne (Freundlich) Rosenthal. Consists of correspondence, documents, diaries, ephemera, objects, and photo albums.

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Rosenthal’s academic notebooks and loose-leaf hand-written notes from high school and college. Subjects include anatomy, English, math, biology, and art history.

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Items Rosenthal collected and saved from childhood through adulthood, which she designated as “sacred objects.” Rosenthal saved these objects for various reasons based on personal histories, aesthetics, and function. When known, the significance of each object has been noted.

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Rosenthal notes, “I xeroxed this touch typing booklet about 1000 times for my English students (two classes of thirty students, two semesters a year for twenty-two years!) (2x30x2x22=2640????!!!??).”

Abstract Barbara Rosenthal is an avant-garde interdisciplinary artist, writer, and performer. She explores existential themes through her multimedia artworks, which often take the form of photography, video, text, collage, and performance. This collection documents Barbara Rosenthal’s personal and professional life, spanning from the early 1940s through 2025. It is comprised of materials related to her career as an artist, and professional activities related to her studio practice and business...