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Papers
Title
Joseph and Signe Stuart Papers
Date(s)
- 1951-1998, 2014, 2020 (Creation)
Extent
3.21 linear feet [3 record boxes, 1 half document case-long]
- 1 - 5.25 inch floppy disk
- 88 black-and-white photographs
- 77 black-and-white negatives
- 3 contact prints
- 115 color photographs
- 237 color slides
- 4 postcards
- 33 VHS videocassettes
- 3 audiocassettes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Stuart, Joseph Martin was born on November 9, 1932 in Seminole, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Arch William and Lillian (Lindsey) Stuart. Married Signe Margaret Nelson, June 18, 1960.
Joe attended high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Master’s degrees in art from University of New Mexico under the GI Bill. He was an accomplished artist and served as museum director and curator at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Boise Art Museum, the Salt Lake City Art Center and the South Dakota Art Museum at South Dakota State University where he was also professor of art history.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Stuart, Signe Margaret was born on December 3, 1937 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Carl Einar and Anna Louise (Gustafson) Nelson. Married Joseph Stuart, June 18, 1960.
Education
Student, Yale-Norfolk Art School, 1959
Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1959
Master of Arts, University New Mexico, 1961
Career
Professor of art South Dakota State University, Brookings, 1970-1994
Independent artist Santa Fe, since 1994
Artist-in-residence Grinnell College, 2001
Achievements
Signe Margaret Stuart has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.
Works
Signe Stuart: Retrospective : March 4-April 23, 1995, South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota
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Scope and content
Work history of Joseph and Signe Stuart including lecture notes, correspondence, retirement material, material related to Signe's Badlands intermedia performance at South Dakota State University, art exhibition material, photographs, videos, sketches, and biographical information.
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Open. Researchers are asked to make an advance appointment to access archival material. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
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Languages of the material
- English
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Name access points
- Stuart, Signe, 1937- (Subject)