Lorain County Arts Council Records, 1985-1988, n.d. | Oberlin College Archives

Nearly all of the records of the Lorain County Arts Council (LCAC) in this collection, spanning 1985-1988, relate to production of the quarterly journal Spectrum, which ceased publication in 1988.  The files relating to the proposed LCAC film project for television, “The Bluest Eye: Race in Historical Perspective,” are the exception.  A screenplay based on Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye, written by Pamela Douglas for the project in 1988, is included in these files.

The records are arranged in six series: 1. Correspondence and Notes; 2. Calendars; 3. Program Files; 4. Film Projects; 5. Publications; and 6. Photographs.  The bulk of the records comprise the publications series.

INVENTORY

Series 1. Correspondence and Notes, 1987-88

Box 1

            Correspondence, 1987-88

            Notes: Ideas and leads, 1987-88, n.d.         

Series 2. Calendars, 1986-88

Box 1 (cont.)

            Calendars, January 1986 - January 1988

Series 3. Program Files, 1986-88, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

            Artist-in-Residence Program, 1986-88

Series 4. Film Projects, 1986, 1988

Box 1 (cont.)

            “The Bluest Eye”

                        Grant proposals and correspondence, 1986

                        Screenplay script, 1988

Series 5. Publications, 1985-88, n.d.     

            Subseries 1. Articles and Source Files on Local Artists and Arts

                        Topics, 1985-87, n.d.

Box 1

                        Amherst’s Kevyn Gauman, n.d.

                        Art Therapy in Lorain County, n.d.

                        Betty Gabrielli – Poet, Writer (Lorain and Oberlin), 1985-87, n.d.

                        Black River Poets – Lorain Co., 1986-88

                        Elyria’s “Garford” (auto) ca. 1904: Auto as art, 1986-88

                        Grafton, Ohio in Lorain County, n.d.

                        John Seyfried, photographer (photos of Oberlin), Spectrum, 1987,

                                    n.d.

                        Julie Wray of Elyria, 1987, n.d.

                        Lorain and Opera, n.d.

                        Lynn Kaatz of Lorain Co., 1987

                        Oberlin artists – possible future articles: Tacha/Pearson, 1986-88

                        Possible cover artists, 1985-86

                        Quilting in Lorain County and Oberlin’s Ricky Clark, 1988, n.d.

                        Wellington, Ohio homes and photos, 1987-88, n.d.

Box 2

                        Through Our Eyes: The Journal’s Best, Irving Lebovitz, ed. (Lorain,

                                    OH: The Lorain Journal, n.d.)                  

            Subseries 2. Spectrum Issues, 1986-88, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

                        Actual covers, indexes, editorials, 1986-88

                        Actual articles: Music/Orchestras/Dance in Lorain Co., 1986-87

                        Actual articles: Theatre and literature in Lorain Co. (Also film),

                                    1986-88

                        Actual articles: Visual arts in Lorain Co., 1986-88, n.d.

                        Proof of final issue (Spring 1988)

Box 2 (cont.)

                        Spectrum issues, January 1986 [2c], April 1986 [2c],

                                    September 1986 [2c], June 1987, Fall 1987 [2c], Winter

                                    1987–88, Spring 1988  

Series 6. Photographs, ca. 1986-88      

Box 1 (cont.)

            Miscellaneous photographs, ca. 1986-88 (3)