Description
The Annette Michelson papers represent
the dynamic career of the American art and film critic, translator, editor, and scholar. The
collection comprises correspondence, research material, writings by Michelson and others,
and papers related to various conferences. Michelson's papers span her broad range of
interests in avant-garde production in both contemporary art and experimental
cinema.
Background
Born in New York in 1922, Annette Michelson was an American art and film critic,
translator, editor, and scholar. She contributed significantly to the fields of cinema
studies and the international avant-garde in visual culture. She was a founding editor of
October and was a Professor Emerita in New York
University's (NYU) Department of Cinema Studies.
Extent
82 Linear Feet
(183 boxes and 2 flatfile folders. Computer media: .001 GB [5
files]) 102 unprocessed disks and two unprocessed USB flash drives.
Restrictions
Contact Library Reproductions
and Permissions.
Availability
Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of unreformatted audio visual and
born digital materials, which are unavailable until reformatted. Evaluated student papers in
box 60 and 157 are sealed for students' lifetimes. Michelson's medical papers in box 52 and
155 are sealed for her lifetime plus fifty years.