Box 7

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This folder contains photographic prints, correspondence and magazine tears. Companies advertising Nelsen's designs include First Editions (floral prints), Waverly (Flower Patch Collection, Four Corners Collection and Sketchbook Collection), Springs, and designs for textiles for the Red Lion Inn in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

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This folder contains a flattened box for Charlie perfume (by Revlon), Poloroid and other photographic prints, and magazine clippings and tears. Designs include the Atelier Collection for First Editions; the Country Crafts Collection, Four Corners Collection and Belle Provence Collection for Waverly, "Choco" print and "Solo" print (also for Waverly), and "Blooming" print for Bloomcraft.

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This folder contains typewritten letters written by Paul Nelsen, addressed to Joan Hanson at an address in Norway (original envelope included in folder). The letters are newsy and include details of life in San Francisco, California. There is also a tiny bound address book, with handwritten entries.

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This folder contains an invitation to "The Smart Mode, Fashion Reflection of the Twenties" exhibition put on by the Staten Island Historical Society, a paper bag from the Whitney Museum of American Art 50th anniversary, and a letter from Janovic Plaza paint store dated Jan 25, 1985 thanking Nelsen for her participation in their "Excellence By Design" competition.

Scope and Contents This folder contains items documenting Nelsen's part in a limited edition book/catalog called "Artifacts at the End of a Decade", published and edited by Carol Huebner and Steven Watson (c.1981). The book includes works by 44 artists including Laurie Anderson, Betsey Johnson, R. Crumb, Sol Lewitt and Robert Wilson. Nelsen's contribution is called "Sheets Drying", and shows a group of patterns painted on mylar and based on a Formica laminate pattern. The original sheets are present in this...