Guide to the Johnnie Parrish Papers,
1979-1994.

Collection Number: 6570

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Aditi Sant
Date completed:
May 21, 2004
EAD encoding:
Aditi Sant, May 21, 2004
Date modified:
Jude Corina, August 2012

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Johnnie Parrish papers, 1979-1994.
Collection Number:
6570
Creator:
Johnnie Parrish
Quantity:
3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Notes, clippings, publications, videotapes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Files for Focus on Art include notes, clippings, publications, and other background materials for the television shows, compiled by Johnnie Parrish. Also, original videotapes of the shows that included interviews with local artists as well as workshops and gallery openings. Also, alphabetical subject files on art and artists. Copy of Seventeen magazine, July 1953, with article mentioning Priscilla Kiefer (Johnnie Parrish)
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Focus on Art was a weekly cable program, hosted by Priscilla A. (Johnnie) Parrish in Ithaca from 1979 to 1987.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Files for Focus on Art include notes, clippings, publications, and other background materials for the television shows, compiled by Johnnie Parrish. Also, original videotapes of the shows that included interviews with local artists as well as workshops and gallery openings. Also, alphabetical subject files on art and artists.
Copy of Seventeen magazine, July 1953, with article mentioning Priscilla Kiefer (Johnnie Parrish)
SUBJECTS

Names:
Parrish, Johnnie.

Subjects:
Art--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Artists--New York (State)--Ithaca.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Johnnie Parrish Papers, #6570. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

See also Jason Seley Papers, #15-1-3069
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
T.V. May 1979-May 1980 , I
 Box 1 Folder 1
T.V. May 1979-May 1980 , II
 Box 1 Folder 2
T.V. May 1979-May 1980 , III
 Box 1 Folder 3
T.V. May 1979-May 1980 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 4
May 1979-May 1980 , V
Box 1 Folder 5
T.V. May 1979-May 1980 , VI
 Box 1 Folder 6
T.V. Sept. 1980-Jan 1981 , I
 Box 1 Folder 7
T.V. Sept. 1980-Jan 1981 , II
 Box 1 Folder 8
T.V. Sept. 1980-Jan 1981 , III
 Box 1 Folder 9
T.V. Sept. 1980-Jan 1981 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 10
T.V. Sept. 1980-Jan 1981 , V
 Box 1 Folder 11
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , I
 Box 1 Folder 12
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , II
 Box 1 Folder 13
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , III
 Box 1 Folder 14
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 15
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , V
 Box 1 Folder 16
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , VI
 Box 1 Folder 17
T.V. Feb 1981-May 1981 , VII
 Box 1 Folder 18
What's Happening? 1981
Box 1 Folder 19
Focus on Art 1981
Box 1 Folder 20
T.V. Sept. 1981-Dec 1981 , I
 Box 1 Folder 21
T.V. Sept. 1981-Dec 1981 , II
 Box 1 Folder 22
T.V. Sept. 1981-Dec 1981 , III
 Box 1 Folder 23
T.V. Sept. 1981-Dec 1981 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 24
T.V. Sept. 1981-Dec 1981 , V
 Box 1 Folder 25
Video Dialogue 1981
Box 1 Folder 26
What's Happening? 1982
Box 1 Folder 27
Focus on Art 1982
Box 1 Folder 28
T.V. Jan 1982-May 1982 , I
 Box 1 Folder 29
T.V. Jan 1982-May 1982 , II
 Box 1 Folder 30
T.V. Jan 1982-May 1982 , III
 Box 1 Folder 31
T.V. Jan 1982-May 1982 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 32
T.V. Jan 1982-May 1982 , V
 Box 1 Folder 33
Focus on Art Sept. 1982-May 1983
Box 1 Folder 34
What's Happening? 1982-1983 , I
 Box 1 Folder 35
What's Happening? 1982-1983 , II
 Box 1 Folder 36
Focus on Art 1982-1983
Box 1 Folder 37
T.V. Sept. 1982-May1983 , I
 Box 1 Folder 38
T.V. Sept. 1982-May1983 , II
 Box 1 Folder 39
Focus on Art Sept. 1983-May 1984
Box 1 Folder 40
What's Happening? 1983-1984
Box 1 Folder 41
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , I
 Box 1 Folder 42
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , II
 Box 1 Folder 43
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , III
 Box 1 Folder 44
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 45
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , V
 Box 1 Folder 46
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , VI
 Box 1 Folder 47
T.V. Sept. 1983-May 1984 , VII
 Box 1 Folder 48
Focus on Art Sept. 1984-May 1985
Box 1 Folder 49
What's Happening? 1984-1985
Box 1 Folder 50
T.V. Sept. 1984-May 1985 , I
 Box 1 Folder 51
T.V. Sept. 1984-May 1985 , II
 Box 1 Folder 52
T.V. Sept. 1984-May 1985 , III
 Box 1 Folder 53
T.V. Sept. 1984-May 1985 , IV
 Box 1 Folder 54
Publicity Feb. 1987-May 1987
Box 1 Folder 55
What's Happening? 1987
Box 1 Folder 56
T.V. Feb. 1987-May 1987 , I
 Box 1 Folder 57
T.V. Feb. 1987-May 1987 , II
 Box 1 Folder 58
Area Video Archives 1979-1997
Box 2 Folder 1
Focus on Art 1979-
Box 2 Folder 2
Focus on Art-The Artist's Psyche, The Creative Process-I
 Box 2 Folder 3
Focus on Art-The Artist's Psyche, The Creative Process-II
 Box 2 Folder 4
Area Video Archives, I
 Box 2 Folder 5
Area Video Archives, II
 Box 2 Folder 6
Area Video Archives, III
 Box 2 Folder 7
Area Video Archives, IV
 Box 2 Folder 8
Area Video Archives, V
 Box 2 Folder 9
Area Video Archives, VI
 Box 2 Folder 10
Area Video Archives, VII
 Box 2 Folder 11
Recognition for Focus on Art
 Box 2 Folder 12
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 50th Anniversary
 Box 2 Folder 13
Will Barnet
 Box 2 Folder 14
Drawings
 Box 2 Folder 15
See all 'Focus Shows,' Kenneth Evett
 Box 2 Folder 16
See all 'Focus Shows,' John Hartell
 Box 2 Folder 17
Hnizdovsky
 Box 2 Folder 18
H. Peter Kahn
 Box 2 Folder 19
P
 Box 2 Folder 20
Porters
 Box 2 Folder 21
Prints
 Box 2 Folder 22
R
 Box 2 Folder 23
S
 Box 2 Folder 24
See " Focus" #100, Jason Seley
 Box 2 Folder 25
Sculpture
 Box 2 Folder 26
T
 Box 2 Folder 27
Tate
 Box 2 Folder 28
Techniques
 Box 2 Folder 29
Turner
 Box 2 Folder 30
U
 Box 2 Folder 31
V
 Box 2 Folder 32
W
 Box 2 Folder 33
X,Y,Z
 Box 2 Folder 34
Co-eds on West Campus tower ledge
 Box 2 Folder 35
miscellaneous articles and letters
 Box 3 Folder 1
Seventeen magazine, July 1953
 Box 3 Folder 2
CAVCL (umatic full size format)
 Box 3 V-5931
CAVCL (VHS)
 Box 3 V-5932
Poems (umatic small size format)
 Box 3 V-5933
Focus on Art – H. Peter Kahn, Ancient Glass, John Hartell, Printmaking, Jason Seley: Celebration of Sculpture (VHS)
Box 3 V-5934
Focus on Art – Jason Seley: Celebration of Sculpture - repeat (VHS)
Box 3 V-5935
Focus on Art – H. Peter Kahn (VHS)
 Box 3 V-5936
mix up: actually WCNY broadcast of The Three Tenors
Ameritech, "William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism" (VHS)
Box 3 V-5937
"A Tribute to H. Peter Kahn", 1997 (VHS)
 Box 3 V-5938
2 cassettes, Ed Bryant on Jason Seley
 Box 3 TR-9249-9250