Box 35

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Watercolor paintings by Susie Ford, writing by Jamaica Kincaid addressed to Durbin, information about Durbin's experience at Serenity Retreat, and a folder of "Karen's favorite stuff" (clippings of poetry, quotes, newspaper articles, includes a piece of writing by Ellen Willis).

Series Scope and Content Summary From the Series: Series 3, Personal life, is the most heterogeneous series in this collection. This series consists of Karen Durbin’s life and work beyond her professional endeavors, and is organized into five subseries: Education, Photographs, Writing and Journals, Ephemera and Memorabilia, and Books. The Education subseries includes yearbooks, certificates, awards, and programs from her time at Short Ridge High School and Bryn Mawr College. The Photographs subseries holds photos spanning 1929-2010 of...

Series Scope and Content Summary From the Series: Series 3, Personal life, is the most heterogeneous series in this collection. This series consists of Karen Durbin’s life and work beyond her professional endeavors, and is organized into five subseries: Education, Photographs, Writing and Journals, Ephemera and Memorabilia, and Books. The Education subseries includes yearbooks, certificates, awards, and programs from her time at Short Ridge High School and Bryn Mawr College. The Photographs subseries holds photos spanning 1929-2010 of...

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Letters from Karen Durbin’s parents regarding disownment, Karen’s response to her parents’ letters, holiday letter from father.

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Correspondence with John E. Frohnmayer regarding Todd Haynes' film, Poison, at Sundance Film Festival, 1991.

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Notebooks and journal entries, photos, ephemera, letters, assorted personal and professional correspondence, email correspondence about personal matters and writing, loose notes, a written draft entitled "Pleasure Memo," poetry.

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Shortridge 50 year reunion, "Luc Big Cats"

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Series 4, Correspondence, contains multiple forms of correspondence between Durbin and a wide variety of people and organizations. Some of the materials represented include postcards; holiday cards; invitations; and letters from readers, family, and friends. There is a significant amount of communication from her time spent in London in the 1970s, as well as with her artistic peers throughout her career.