Biographical material includes addresses and business cards, appointment books and annotated calendars, resumes, financial and legal records including property deeds, escrow records, and records relating to Wortz's divorce from her first husband, personal stationery used by Wortz, miscellany relating to Wortz's children, a travel itinerary for a trip to Asia, and two sound cassettes.
Also found is patent documentation for Edward C. Wortz's "method of and means for controlling body temperature" in a space suit.
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Collection Citation:
Melinda Wortz papers, 1958-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Support for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian's Collections Care Pool Fund.
