Prisoner Express Art collection, 2006-2010.
Collection Number: 6912
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Prisoner Express Art collection, 2006-2010.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6912
Abstract:
Art work and letters sent to the Prisoner Express program from people in prison in
the United States.
Creator:
Prisoner Express
Quanitities:
1.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Prisoner Express program, sponsored by the Durland Alternatives Library at Cornell
University, promotes rehabilitation by offering inmates information, education and
the opportunity for creative self-expression in a public forum.
Art work and letters sent to the Prisoner Express program from people in prison in
the United States, Prisoner Express newsletters and outreach materials, ads and material
related to an exhibition of the art at Cornell in November 2006. The artwork includes
colored pencil, crayon, and ink on paper, fabric, envelopes, and illustration board,
plus origami.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Prisoner Express Art Exhibit collection, #6912. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
See also the Jemma Macera Prisoner Express Papers, #8484 and the Prisoner Express
newsletter.
Subjects:
Prisoners as artists -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Prisoner Express Brochure
|
no date |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Prisoner Express Newsletters: Summer 2005, Winter 2006, Summer 2006, Winter 2007
|
2005-2007 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Original Artist Letters: Letters Which Accompanied Work Used in Art Exhibit
|
2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Prisoner Outreach Materials: Journal Project, Vikings, What Makes a Good Prison Guard
|
2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Letters from Artists: Prepared for Exhibit
|
2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Materials for Prisoner Art Shows
|
2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 7-79 |
Artwork and Letters from Prisoners
|
2006 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Prisoner Express Poetry Anthology, volume 2 and 5
|
2008, 2010 |
Box 2 | Folder 2-4 |
Artwork
|
n.d. |