Johnnie Parrish papers, 1979-1994.
Collection Number: 6570

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Johnnie Parrish papers, 1979-1994.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6570
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)
Creator:
Parrish, Johnnie.
Quanitities:
2.4 cubic feet.
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)

RELATED MATERIALS

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

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Johnnie Parrish Papers, #6570. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Cable television -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Artists -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Art -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.

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