The collection is arranged as 11 series. Series 1: Biographical Material, 1960s-2000s (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, OV 37) Series 2: Correspondence, 1961-2016 (5.3 linear feet; Boxes 1-6) Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1959-2019 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 6-7) Series 4: Research and Writing Files, circa 1960-1974 (2.7 linear feet; Boxes 7-9, OV 37) Series 5: Commission and Project Files, circa 1974-2016 (9.2 linear feet; Boxes 9-18, OV 37) Series 6: Teaching Files, 1963-circa 2000 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 18-19) Series 7: Professional Activities Files, 1968-2000 (2.2 linear feet; Boxes 20-22) Series 8: Subject Files, 1960s-2000s (5.0 linear feet; Boxes 22-27) Series 9: Printed Material, 1963-2013 (3.1 linear feet; Boxes 27-30, OV 37) Series 10: Photographic Material, 1960s-2015 (6.8 linear feet; Boxes 30-36, OV 37) Series 11: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1964-2017 (.01 linear feet, Folder 38)
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.
Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Summary:
The papers of sculptor and educator Athena Tacha measure 36.04 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2019. Found are biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, research and writing files, commission and project files, teaching files from her position at Oberlin College, professional activities files, subject files, printed material, and photographic material. Of note are files documenting Tacha's numerous public art commissions throughout the United States.
Citation:
Athena Tacha papers, 1959-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Processing of this collection received federal support from the Collections Care Initiative Fund, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and the National Collections Program
Use Note:
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Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an interview of Athena Tacha conducted 2009 December 4-6, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts oral history project.
Athena Tacha donated her teaching files, as well as her research files relating to Ellen Johnson's Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oberlin, Ohio, to Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and her early and student writings to the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pa. Tacha was the executor of Ellen Johnson's estate, and worked with the Archives in donating Johnson's papers in 1994 (cataloged separately under Johnson).
Biography Note:
Athena Tacha (1936-) is a Greek-born sculptor, and educator active in Oberlin, Ohio.
Language Note:
The collection is in English and Greek.
Provenance:
Donated 1998, 2019, 2021 and 2022 by Athena Tacha.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
