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Inventory of the Jeanne Randolph fonds

Inventory #F0585

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Fonds/Collection Number: F0585 Title: Jeanne Randolph fonds Dates: [189-?]-2010 Extent: 7.95 m of textual records 4,242 photographs : b&w, col. and sepia ; 24 x 37 cm or smaller 1,927 photographs : b&w and col. negatives ; 35 mm 214 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm 145 photographs (jpeg and tiff) 16 posters 10 CDs 6 DVDs 6 videocassettes 4 computer disks 2 audio cassettes 1 painting Biographical Sketch/ Jeanne Lillian Randolph (1943- ), art theorist, writer and psychiatrist, was born in Administrative History: Morgantown, West Virginia, and grew up in Orange, Texas. She was educated at the Agnes College for Women in Decatur, Georgia (1961-1962) and attained a Bachelor of Arts in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1965. Randolph attended medical school at Columbia University in New York City (1966-1968) and at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (1968-1970). An opponent of the Vietnam War, Randolph became a Canadian permanent resident in September 1970 and resumed her medical studies at University of , graduating in 1974. As a resident in psychiatry between 1975 and 1980, Randolph worked at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. After completion of her residency in 1980, Randolph was an associate staff psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry at Toronto General Hospital and lectured at the Faculty of Medicine at the . By the late 1970s, Randolph had begun writing about art using her background in psychoanalytic theory to develop what she termed "ficto-criticism". Her writing includes texts for many art exhibition catalogues and articles published in Canadian art periodicals such as "Vanguard", "Parachute", "Artforum", and "C magazine". Randolph's first book, "Psychoanalysis & synchronized swimming" was published in 1991, followed by "Symbolism and its discontents" (1997), "Why stoics box: essays on art and society" (2003), "Ethics of luxury: materialism and imagination" (2007), and "The critical object" (2010). Her writing has also appeared as chapters in numerous anthologies and other publications. Since the 1990s, Randolph has lectured/performed across Canada and appeared in multimedia art projects. In addition to lecturing in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Randolph also taught art theory courses at the College of Art and Design (1993-1996) and at the University of (2004-2005). She served on the curatorial advisory committee of the Power Plant Gallery at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre (1986-1990), on the board of directors for the Beaver Hall Artists' Cooperative (1990-1995), and was a board member of Toronto Arts for Youth (1998-2002). Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to the personal life of Jeanne Randolph and to her work as an art theorist and psychiatrist. These records, which date from the early 1940s to 2010, document Randolph's relationships with friends, family and colleagues as well as the progression of her medical career, her art writing and lecturing. Included in the fonds are correspondence, photographs, research materials, draft manuscripts, notes, journals, day planners, personal memorabilia and ephemera created and accumulated by Randolph, as well as photographs and memorabilia pertaining to the early life of Randolph's mother, Elizabeth Bryant Randolph, and the Bryant and Randolph families. S00603 Correspondence S00604 Journals and day planners S00605 Life files page 3 F0585 - Jeanne Randolph fonds

S00606 Writing and related files S00607 Subject files S00608 Medical career files S00609 Memorabilia S00610 Photographs S00611 Audiovisual materials S00612 Posters

Restrictions on Some files in this fonds are subject to access restrictions. See series-level Access and Use: descriptions for additional information. Finding Aid: A finding aid is available. URL of Finding Aid: http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000585.htm Accruals: The fonds comprises the following accessions: 2010-056. Further accruals may be expected. Immediate source of Donated by Jeanne Randolph in 2010. acquisition: Provenance Access Points: Randolph, Jeanne, 1943-

Date of creation: 2013/04/16 Date of last revision: 2013/04/16