The collection is arranged as eight series Series 1: Biographical Material, 1943-1966 (0.3 Linear feet Box 1, OV 5) Series 2: Correspondence, 1943-1981 (1 Linear foot Box 1-2) Series 3: Writings, 1953-1969 (0.2 Linear feet Box 2) Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1965-1967 (0.2 Linear feet Box 2) Series 5: Personal Business, 1956-1967 (0.4 Linear feet Box 2-3) Series 6: Printed Material, 1956-1960 (0.1 Linear feet Box 3) Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1943-1965 (0.4 Linear feet Box 3) Series 8: Artwork, circa 1945-1964 (0.9 Linear feet Box 3- 4, OV 6)
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The papers of Timothy Casper measure 3.4 linear feet and date from 1943-1981, with bulk dates from 1950-1969. The papers document Casper's career and life which was cut short when he died from a car crash at age twenty-one. Included are biographical material; correspondence between Casper and his mother Elise Casper Ott, and from Elise to others regarding Timothy's artistsic legacy; writings; exhibition files; personal business records; printed material; photographic material and artwork.
Citation:
Timothy Casper papers, 1943-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Timothy Casper (1943-1964) was a printmaker and draftsman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin whose artistic ability was recognized at a young age by artist and professor Gerald Landt, leading to Casper enrolling in special art classes at the Milwaukee Art Institute in 1953. From there Casper continued studying art throughout high school at the Putney School in Vermont, going on to start his bachelor's degree in art history at New York University in 1962. During his short life Casper managed to travel across Europe and the East Coast of the United States, visiting art museums and historical landmarks, including a fateful trip to Paris in 1964 where Casper died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. After his death, his mother Elise Ott Casper organized a series of memorial exhibitions across the United States as well as at the Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt in Munich, Germany.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Bequest of Elise Ott Casper, mother of Tim Casper, in 1998.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
