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Collection Summary

Identifier

UA 6.9.2

Title

Norman Gambill Papers as Head of the Department of Visual Arts

Creator

Norman Gambill

Dates

1940-2013

Extent

6.0 linear feet (6 records center boxes) photographs, electronic records, moving image materials

Language

English

Repository

South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Access note

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Preferred Citation

Name of item . Norman Gambill Papers as Head of the Department of Visual Arts. UA 6.9.2. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Abstract

Norman Gambill was a scholar in art history and film studies, he was head of the Visual Arts Department for 26 years retiring in 2010. This collections in composed of his while he was department head of Visual Arts at SDSU from 1984 to 2010. Also included are unpublished manuscripts, Ph.D. thesis, and personal legal documents.

Biographical Note

Norman Paul Gambill was born April 3, 1941 in Dade City, FL, to George Washington Gambill IV and Dorcas (Darling) Gambill. He grew up in Florida and Georgia.

He was a scholar in art history and film studies with degrees from Emory University, the University of Iowa and Syracuse University. His also graduated from Emory at Oxford prep school in Atlanta. He was an art history professor at the University of Illinois and South Dakota State University where he headed the Visual Arts Department for 26 years, retiring in 2010.

During his 48-year career, he taught thousands of undergraduate students to love art and understand its importance in world history. He also worked with graduate students on courses in Asian art, film art and design, women artists, and international films.

He was an ardent fan of Oscar Wilde and Orson Welles. His lectures and writings about Welles’s groundbreaking film “Citizen Kane” inspired many to take up film studies. His work as a scholar took him around the country giving lectures and around the world sharing his expertise with academics, particularly those who attended the Oxford Roundtable in 2010.

He published articles in scholarly journals and respected film magazines. His work on 1930s films and their importance in the cultural history of the United States is being published in his book, “Ritz and American Mediocrity.” He was initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the national honor society for those with notable academic accomplishments, in 2006.

His innovative fund-raising events raised money for his department and the Brookings community. With the help of the Visual Arts Group of local volunteers, he founded the annual Evening for the Arts dinner and art auction. The yearly Chocolate Auction held on or around Valentine’s Day raised funds by with an auction of chocolate desserts donated by restaurants and local bakers. Proceeds provided scholarships for art students.

He also co-founded the annual DVAGI, Design and Visual Arts Group Inc., fundraiser in collaboration with the SDSU departments of Visual Arts, Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design, and Horticulture, Forestry and Landscape Design. Money from an auction of designers’ services raised money for students to travel to art and design events across the country.

His reputation for lavish parties carried over to his private life where he served abundant food and wine to friends from Brookings and across the country in his 19th Century house, a showplace for his extensive art collection.

He is survived by his brother Stephen, Palmetto FL; his sister, Janine Dover, Camilla, GA.; two nieces and a nephew. Hundreds of friends also survive and will miss his quick wit and impeccable sense of style.

Dr. Norman P. Gambill, died from heart failure on July 12, 2016, at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into eight series:

Series 1. Administrative files

Series 2. Curriculum

Series 3. Events and conferences

Series 4. Facilities

Series 5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files)

Series 6. Grants and fundraising

Series 7. Meeting files

Series 8. Personal and professional research and activities

Series 9. Manuscripts

Contents Note

Series 1. Administrative files.

Includes general correspondence, memos, Norman Gambill's calendars and appointment books and documents on department and course staffing, enrollment, and general planning. Some materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 2. Curriculum.

Includes Institutional Program Reviews, general education, liberal studies, and visual arts core review, and various curricular issues and concerns. This subseries focuses on curriculum work at a campus level, through visual arts curriculum work discussed at campus-level meetings. For course-level curriculum planning and staffing, see the General Administrative subseries.

Series 3. Events and conferences.

Includes records on department art shows and exhibitions, the TechSigns conference, Design and Visual Arts Group, Inc. (DVAGI) events, and other departmental activities. Some materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 4. Facilities.

Includes files on the Fine Arts Auditorium (not called the Performing Arts Center), the Visual Arts Department site including the Industrial Arts building and Grove Hall, facility studies, planning and remodeling, and facility maintenance and health concerns. Some materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files).

Includes course outlines, teaching research, course study guide packets, and VHS video of three course lectures. Some teaching materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 6. Grants and fundraising.

Includes records on grant applications, awarded grants, and fundraising for programs and publications. Some materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 7. Meeting files.

Includes meeting agenda, minutes, and corresponding documents related to Visual Arts Department faculty meetings, Deans and Department Heads meetings, Academic Senate, and various other campus committees. Memoirs, correspondence, reports, and notes are included within these files and were likely discussed and/or distributed during the meetings. The arrived in disarray with only some bearing folder titles. Additionally, the term "Faculty Meetings" was broadly used and may refer to meetings beyond only Visual Arts Department meetings. For example, "Dean's and Departments Heads" meeting agendas may be found in "Faculty Meetings" folders, possibly for facilitating announcements at department faculty meetings. Some materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 8. Personal and professional research and activities.

Includes Gambill's research and correspondence regarding his writings, files regarding membership and participation in local organizations, and professional recognition and thank-you correspondence. Also included is some personal correspondence, recognition material, a resume, and photographs. Some materials pre-date Gambill's arrival at South Dakota State University.

Series 9. Manuscripts.

Composed of unpublished manuscripts and Gambill’s Ph.D. thesis. Included are several revisions of “Ritz and American Mediocrity,” and “Designing Hollywood: Productions of Harry Horner, 1940-1980,” and “Citizen Kane: An Art Historical Analysis,” which was Gambills Ph.D. thesis from Syracuse University.

Bibliography

Art for a New Century
South Dakota Art Museum, Civic Fine Arts Center, 1989

Bohemian women from West River: Mel Spinar’s paintings of their myths and legends
Brookings, S.D.: Department of Visual Arts, South Dakota State University, c2000
Call Number SD Collection ND237.S645 G35 2000

Enhancing classroom effectiveness innovations in teaching
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota State University
Call Number: SD Collection LB2331.E54 1995 video

Notes on the career of Professor Signe Stuart as she retires in 1994 from South Dakota State University
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota Art Museum, 1994
Call Number: Archives N6537.S87 G35 1994

Totem ReeCall the movie II
Bruce Williams, Terry Ree, Jay Vanduch, Jo Edeburn-Nesmith, Matthew Feeney, Norman Gambill, TV Productions Inc.
Brookings, S.D.: TV Productions, Inc., 2000
Call Number: Audio Visual PN1997.T67 2000

Key Words

Gambill, Norman

South Dakota State University. Department of Visual Arts.

Container List

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Norman Gambill Papers Container List. UA 6.9.2

Series Box Folder Description Date(s)
1. Administrative files 2 1 Alumni 1984-1985
1. Administrative files 2 2 Appointment Calendar 2007 Fall
1. Administrative files 2 3 Cable Hardin and Animation Course Planning 2007
1. Administrative files 2 4 Calendar and Appointment Book 1984
1. Administrative files 2 5 Calendar and Appointment Book 1985
1. Administrative files 2 6 Calendar and Appointment Book 1986
1. Administrative files 2 7 Calendar and Appointment Book 1987
1. Administrative files 2 8 Calendar and Appointment Book 1988
1. Administrative files 2 9 Calendar and Appointment Book 1989
1. Administrative files 2 10 Calendar and Appointment Book and Accompanying Documents 1990
1. Administrative files 2 11 Calendars and Deadlines 1984
1. Administrative files 2 12 Campus Enrollment Studies and Financial Planning 1985-1988
1. Administrative files 2 13 Capital Assets 2007
1. Administrative files 2 14 Classroom facilities, instructional technology enrollment, curriculum, grant opportunities 1995-1996
1. Administrative files 2 15 Cooperative Education Program with Daktronics 1983-1985
1. Administrative files 2 16 Correspondence, Staffing, Planning 1998-1999
1. Administrative files 2 17 Department Memos, Meetings and Agenda 1981, 1984-1985
1. Administrative files 2 18 Department of Visual Arts Financial Reports 1982-1984
1. Administrative files 2 19 Department of Visual Arts Institutional Program Review - Review Team Report and Department Response 2003
1. Administrative files 2 20 Enrollment, Course Assignments and Staffing 2006 Fall
1. Administrative files 2 21 Enrollment, Staffing, Departmental Budget 2000 Summer
1. Administrative files 2 22 Faculty Meeting Notes, Course Schedule Planning 1985 Fall
1. Administrative files 2 23 Fine Arts Discipline Council Annual Report for FY 2003 2003
1. Administrative files 2 24 FY 1990 Visual Arts Budget Proposal 1988
1. Administrative files 2 25 General Correspondence and Memos 2000-2004
1. Administrative files 2 26 General Department Information including handbook and financial report 1982-1985
1. Administrative files 2 27 Honors Colloquium Trip of Italy - Itinerary and Financials 2002
1. Administrative files 2 28 Honors Colloquium Trip to Italy - Research and correspondence 2002-2003
1. Administrative files 2 29 Mark McGinnis inquiry regarding possible art exhibit 2008
1. Administrative files 2 30 Nicholas Schlief inquiry regarding possible guest artist visit 2006
1. Administrative files 2 31 Personal Goals - including first-year planning effort toward short- and long-range plans 1984
1. Administrative files 2 32 Personal schedule, 1985 summer curriculum, Visual Arts Department policy and procedure draft 1984
1. Administrative files 2 33 Regental Commendations 1984
1. Administrative files 2 34 Resources Allocation and Resources Allocation Model [RAM] 1977-1985
1. Administrative files 2 35 Sale Tax Correspondence 2002-2004
1. Administrative files 2 36 Schultz-Werth Award Guidelines 2003
1. Administrative files 2 37 SDSU Foundation Survey of Visual Arts Alumni 2003
1. Administrative files 2 38 SDSU Master Plan Proposal 2000
1. Administrative files 2 40 South Dakota Art Museum Events, Schedules, and Associated Art Syllabus 2007-2009
1. Administrative files 2 39 South Dakota Arts Council 1983
1. Administrative files 2 41 South Dakota Board of Regents and Council of Higher Education Agreement Documents 1981-1985
1. Administrative files 2 42 Staffing, Course Assignments and Enrollment 2000-2004
1. Administrative files 2 44 Standard of Performance Document Review 2007
1. Administrative files 2 43 Standards of Performance Document Review 1997-1999
1. Administrative files 2 45 Standards Paper Achieving Excellence in Faculty Roles [Drafts] 2000-2001
1. Administrative files 2 46 Student complaint regarding Fine Arts Program 2002
1. Administrative files 2 47 University Center Staffing and Arts Program Offerings 2006
1. Administrative files 2 48 Visual Arts Department Plans, Goals, Philosophy and Mission 1982-1983
1. Administrative files 2 49 Visual Arts Group - an SDSU Foundation Membership Organization 1984-1985
1. Administrative files 2 50 Visual Arts Scholarship Committee [Student Travel Testimonials and Thank You’s] 2005
1. Administrative files 2 51 Visual Research Institute Proposal Correspondence 1984
1. Administrative files 2 52 Workload and Overload policies, professional Staff Evaluation documentation 2003
2. Curriculum 3 1 Administrative Curriculum Work, Advising, Teaching 2000-2004
2. Curriculum 3 2 Art and Graphic Design Accreditation Process Announcement 2007
2. Curriculum 3 3 Curriculum Issues - Board of Regent's Program Planning, Graphic Design, Time-Based Design 2000
2. Curriculum 3 4 Curriculum Issues - Catalog Updates, Board of Regents Proposals for New Programs 1996-2000
2. Curriculum 3 5 Curriculum Issues - Curricular Programming, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Time-Based Design 2000 Spring
2. Curriculum 3 6 Curriculum Issues - General Education Core, Curricular Change and Deletion Requests 1983-1985
2. Curriculum 3 7 Curriculum Issues - General Education Core, Curriculum Review, Visual Arts Core Requests 2003-2004
2. Curriculum 3 8 Curriculum Issues - Liberal Studies Core Curriculum, Visual Arts Department Curriculum 1985-1986
2. Curriculum 3 9 Curriculum Work 2008 Summer, Fall
2. Curriculum 3 10 Department of Visual Arts Institutional Program Review 1995-1998
2. Curriculum 3 11 Department of Visual Arts Program Information Sheet 1980s circa
2. Curriculum 3 12 Exit Exams - South Dakota Fine Arts Discipline Council 2002
2. Curriculum 3 13 General Education Core Curriculum 1984
2. Curriculum 3 14 Institutional Program Review - Evaluation of the Visual Arts Program at SDSU 1991
2. Curriculum 3 15 K-12 Curriculum Content Standards Drafts 1995
2. Curriculum 3 16 National Association of Schools of Arts and Design addresses of Visual Arts Curriculum 2002 October
2. Curriculum 3 17 Regarding Proposal to Limit Major Credit Hours 1983
2. Curriculum 3 18 Research and Planning for a Master's Degree in Design Studies 2006
2. Curriculum 3 19 Review of Visual Arts Core Courses 2002
2. Curriculum 3 20 Visual Arts Department Response to Curriculum Evaluation 2003
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 22 Bohemian Women ... Touring Exhibition - Planning and correspondence 2000
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 23 Bohemian Women ... Touring Exhibition - Planning and correspondence 2002-2003
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 21 Bohemian Women from West River: Mel Spinar's Painting of the Myths and Legends Exhibition 1999-2000
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 26 Century of Art at State 1985-1986
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 28 Design, and Visual Arts Group, Inc. (DVAGI) - Caliente! An Art, Design, and Chocolate Auction 2005-2006
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 29 Design, and Visual Arts Group, Inc. (DVAGI) - Fusion, an Art, Design, and Chocolate Austio 2005-2007
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 30 Design, and Visual Arts Group, Inc. (DVAGI) - General records and correspondence 2005-2007
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 31 Dingzhe He Art Exhibition 2008
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 32 Evening for the Arts 1985
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 1 Mel Spinar Art Exhibitions - General planning and correspondence 2000-2008
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 2 Mel Spinar Retrospective Planning 2005-2009
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 3 Miscellaneous Events : Correspondence, planning and promotion 1986, 1999-2004
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 4 Notes on the Career of Professor Signe Stuart as She Retires in 1994 from SDSU [booklet] 1994
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 5 Public Relations 1985-1986
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 6 Public Relations and Visual Arts Faculty Profiles 1983-1985
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 7 Ritz Gallery Events and Schedules 1980-1985
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 8 Ritz Gallery Schedule 2004-2005
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 9 Sailing for the Arts - Lake Poinsett Sailing Academy 2007
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 10 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Opening Ceremony Coordination 1986
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 11 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Planning Binder [Minutes] 1985-1986
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 12 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Planning Binder [National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Equipment Committee] 1985
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 13 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Planning Binder [Planning and correspondence] 1985-1986
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 14 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Planning, Correspondence, and Reports 1985-1987
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 15 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Public Relations 1986
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 16 TechSigns : The Computer in Creativity - Report and Meeting with SDSU President Wagner 1986 January
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 24 The Broth Project 2003
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 25 The Brown Bag Salon 1983-1985
3. Departmental events and conferences 3 27 The Cole Collection 2001 September
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 23 The Visual Wave: Daktronics Alumni and Employees Art Show Exhibition book drafts 2004
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 17 Totem Ree Call Film World Premiere 2000
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 18 Unity and Diversity : Film Retrospective and Bush Faculty Seminar 1991-1992
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 19 Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition 2003-2004
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 20 Visual Arts Department April Fool's Dinner 2000
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 21 Visual Wave Art Show participant correspondence, resumes, and art descriptions 2004
3. Departmental events and conferences 4 22 Visual Wave Art Show planning correspondence 2004
4. Facilities 4 24 Arts Complex and Find Arts Auditorium Planning [now Performing Arts Center] 1982-1984
4. Facilities 4 26 Grove Hall - Maintenance concerns correspondence 1999-2006
4. Facilities 4 27 Grove Hall - Planning and remodeling 1998-1999
4. Facilities 4 25 Grove Hall Adaptation Study and Accompanying Documents 1999
4. Facilities 4 28 Industrial Arts Building health concerns 2002
4. Facilities 4 29 Miscellaneous facilities undated
4. Facilities 4 30 SDSU Foundation Ritz Gallery Project Proposal 2000-2001
4. Facilities 4 31 Solberg Hall Industrial Arts Remodeling for the Visual Arts Department 1984-1985
4. Facilities 4 32 Space Utilization Study 2006
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 35 Course] Art 111 : Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art - Color Microfiche Study Guide, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1974
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 36 Course] Art 115 : Art Appreciation - Color Microfiche Study Guide and Class materials, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1974-1982
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 37 Course] Art 116 : Medieval Man's Search for the Significant I - Course outline, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign undated
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 39 Course] Art 242 : History of American Film as Visual Art - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1999 Fall
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 40 Course] Art 313 : The Italian Renaissance - Painting and Sculpture - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1967-1971
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 38 Course] ArtH 211 : World Art - VHS Video, Three Class Sessions, South Dakota State University 2002 September
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 41 Textbooks included in Norman Gambill deposit 1980, 2006
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 33 Visual Arts Department Study : A Model for Adaptive Resue of Architecture 1987
5. Teaching (Gambill's personal files) 4 34 Visual Arts Space Assignments 1982-1984
6. Grants and fundraising 5 1 Bush Faculty Development Project Grant Application 1995
6. Grants and fundraising 5 2 Bush Faculty Development Project Grant Application 2000
6. Grants and fundraising 5 3 Center for Three Dimensional Design 2006
6. Grants and fundraising 5 4 Grant Drat and Planning for "A Century of Art at State" 1986
6. Grants and fundraising 5 5 Grant Planning 1984 circa
6. Grants and fundraising 5 6 Literature and Resources on Grants and Fundraising 1976-1980
6. Grants and fundraising 5 7 SDSU Foundation - Grants and Fundraising 1984-1986
6. Grants and fundraising 5 8 South Dakota Committee on the Humanities Grant for the Sculpture Forum 1979
7. Meeting files 5 9 Academic Senate Meetings 1996 Spring
7. Meeting files 5 10 Academic Senate Meetings 2001-2002
7. Meeting files 5 11 Academic Senate Meetings 2003-2004
7. Meeting files 5 12 Academic Senate, Faculty, and Department Heads Meeting discussing "C" Grade Standards 2004 Spring
7. Meeting files 5 13 Art Staff Meeting 1980
7. Meeting files 5 14 Dean Cheever - Meetings and Correspondence 1995
7. Meeting files 5 16 Department Heads Meetings 1994
7. Meeting files 5 17 Department Heads Meetings 1995
7. Meeting files 5 15 Department Heads Meetings 1985-1986
7. Meeting files 5 18 Department Heads Meetings 1997, 1999
7. Meeting files 5 19 Department Heads Meetings 2000-2004, 2007
7. Meeting files 5 22 Faculty Meetings 1994
7. Meeting files 5 23 Faculty Meetings 1995
7. Meeting files 5 26 Faculty Meetings 2001
7. Meeting files 5 27 Faculty Meetings 2002
7. Meeting files 5 28 Faculty Meetings 2003
7. Meeting files 5 29 Faculty Meetings 2004
7. Meeting files 5 30 Faculty Meetings 2005
7. Meeting files 5 31 Faculty Meetings 2006
7. Meeting files 5 32 Faculty Meetings 2007
7. Meeting files 5 33 Faculty Meetings 2008
7. Meeting files 5 34 Faculty Meetings 2009
7. Meeting files 5 21 Faculty Meetings 1985 Fall
7. Meeting files 5 20 Faculty Meetings 1985 Spring
7. Meeting files 5 24 Faculty Meetings 1996-1997
7. Meeting files 5 25 Faculty Meetings 1999-2000
7. Meeting files 5 36 Management Meeting 1994
7. Meeting files 5 37 Management Meeting 1995
7. Meeting files 5 38 Management Meeting 1996
7. Meeting files 5 35 Management Meetings 1993
7. Meeting files 5 39 Management Meetings 1999-2000, 2003
7. Meeting files 5 40 President and Department Heads Meeting 1986 Spring
7. Meeting files 5 41 President Wagner Meeting Notes 1985 circa
7. Meeting files 5 43 Research Advisory Council 1985 Fall-1986 Spring
7. Meeting files 5 42 Research Advisory Council - Subcommittee Reports 1984 Fall
7. Meeting files 5 44 Research Advisory Council - Task Force Research and Scholarly Excellence 1985-1986
7. Meeting files 5 45 Space Assignment Committee 2002
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 46 Art for a New Century Exhibition Catalog with Foreword by Norman Gambill 1989
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 47 Artic Michelangelo on Time and the Interrelation of Arts undated
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 48 Bosch, Hieronymous Bibliographies undated
8. Personal and professional research and activities 7 1 Calendar 2003
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 50 Collected journals, magazines, catalogs, and books 1940-1950, 1984-2008
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 51 Conference invitations and participation 1985-2006
8. Personal and professional research and activities 7 2 Correspondence 2010, 2013
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 52 Film Research Bibliographies and Indexes - University of Illinois 1973 circa
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 53 Foundation for the Arts in South Dakota 1983-1984
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 54 KEDS South Dakota Public Broadcasting Midwest Market Analysis Closure and Firing 1995
8. Personal and professional research and activities 7 3 Legal documents 2006, 2012
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 55 Oxford Paper correspondence 2006
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 56 Personal correspondence 1984, 2005
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 57 Photographs undated
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 58 President Ray Hoops Resignation - Hoops Affair 1985
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 59 Recognition 2005
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 60 Resume 2005
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 61 Select Norman Gambill Writings and Publications 1983-1996
8. Personal and professional research and activities 7 4 Selective Service documents 1965
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 62 Session for the Society for Cinema Studies Convention 1981
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 63 South Dakota Art Museum Community Long-Range Planning Session 1999 May
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 64 South Dakota College Arts Association Conference 2007
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 65 South Dakota Symposium on the Future of the Arts in Education 1986
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 66 Thank You correspondence and recognition 1984-2006
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 49 The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning Conference - Teaching with Open Eyes 1995 Winter
8. Personal and professional research and activities 5 67 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Board correspondence and reports 1977-1981
9. Manuscripts 8 8 Citizen Kane: An Art Historical Analysis," pp. 1-222 - Ph.D. Thesis, Syracuse University 1976
9. Manuscripts 8 9 Citizen Kane: An Art Historical Analysis," pp. 223-445 - Ph.D. Thesis, Syracuse University 1976
9. Manuscripts 8 2 Designing Hollywood: Productions of Harry Horner, 1940-1980" : Correspondence 1982
9. Manuscripts 8 3 Designing Hollywood: Productions of Harry Horner, 1940-1980" : Manuscript, annotated 1981
9. Manuscripts 8 4 Designing Hollywood: Productions of Harry Horner, 1940-1980" : Manuscript, annotated 1981
9. Manuscripts 8 5 Designing Hollywood: Productions of Harry Horner, 1940-1980" : Manuscript, annotated 1981
9. Manuscripts 8 6 Designing Hollywood: Productions of Harry Horner, 1940-1980" : Volume 2 Harry Horner Drawings, Catalogue 1981
9. Manuscripts 8 7 Instruction on citations, end notes, and contacting editors 2013
9. Manuscripts 7 5 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Chapter Outline undated
9. Manuscripts 7 6 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Introduction  - Chapter 1 The Modern American Ritz Mask 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 7 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Introduction  - Chapter 2 The Modern Odyssey 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 8 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Introduction  - Chapter 3 The Blue Paradox 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 29 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Old Version (Modern Ritz Consumers) undated
9. Manuscripts 7 9 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 1 Ritz in the 19th Century - Chapter 4 Precursors 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 10 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 1 Ritz in the 19th Century - Chapter 5 Cesar Ritz, the Progenitor, Oscar Wilde, The Aesthetician 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 15 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 10 Dorothy Parker, the Oscar Wilde of Ritz, and Other Women Writers 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 16 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 11 The Segregated Odysseys of American Modernism 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 17 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 12 The Ritz Effect in Architecture 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 18 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 13 The Art and Design of O'Keefe and Wright 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 11 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 6 Americans in Paris 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 12 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 7 Cole Porter The Ritz Jester 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 13 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 8 F. Scott Fitzgerald's Impact on Jazz n' Ritz 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 14 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 2 The Period of Jazz 'n Ritz - Chapter 9 Plots and Characters 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 19 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 3 Institutions and trends - Chapter 14 Modern Consumption 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 20 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 3 Institutions and trends - Chapter 15 Movers and Shakers: Algonquians and The New Yorker 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 21 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 3 Institutions and trends - Chapter 16 The Pygmalion Syndrome The Profit in Images 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 22 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 3 Institutions and trends - Chapter 17 Cartoons, Cigarettes, Crackers, and Cocktails 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 23 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part 3 Institutions and trends - Chapter 18 The Ritz Machine: Etiquette and Obsolescence 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 24 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part t The Darkening of Ritz - Chapter 19 War Clouds 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 25 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part t The Darkening of Ritz - Chapter 20 The European Emigres 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 26 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part t The Darkening of Ritz - Chapter 21 The Great Gatsby and Citizen Kane 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 27 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part t The Darkening of Ritz - Chapter 22 Les Bombes 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 28 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Part t The Darkening of Ritz - Chapter 23 The Filmmaker as Critic 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 30 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Research undated
9. Manuscripts 7 34 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Revisions, annotated 2009-2010
9. Manuscripts 7 31 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Revisions, annotated undated
9. Manuscripts 7 32 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Revisions, annotated undated
9. Manuscripts 7 33 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Revisions, annotated undated
9. Manuscripts 8 1 Ritz and American Mediocrity" : Revisions, annotated undated

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Crystal J. Gamradt, 2013 August 29. Additions were made on 2017 November 7.