John Russell papers, ca. 1941-2004.

Russell's working papers and correspondence, spanning his entire career and including (1) 78 notebooks, both personal journals and notes for articles; (2) typescripts and manuscripts for books and articles; (3) letters from Kenneth Clark, George Eisler, Dietrich Fischer-Diskeau, Helen Frankenthaler, Eugene Ionesco, Jasper Johns, Claude and Monique Levi-Strauss, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, William Plomer, Bridget Riley, Edith Sitwell, Derek Southall, Jonathan Williams, and several dozen others.; (4) research files; (5) printed material, such as clippings of Russell's reviews; and (5) visual material, including press photographs of works of art and some photos of Russell, including several contact sheets by Dominique Nabokov.