Overview

• The transfer totals about 870 linear feet, making it HSP's single largest collection and potentially approaching a million records.
• Materials include institutional files, exhibition records, student portfolios, photographs, slides, negatives, audio and video media, and creative works by students, faculty, and visiting artists.
• HSP estimates $500,000 is needed to catalog, conserve, and digitize the archive, with an initial $50,000 grant committed and no purchase price paid.
• Student records and personal belongings were excluded from the transfer, and transcripts were previously moved by court order to Moore College of Art and Design.
• The move followed bankruptcy court authorization and HSP board approval on Sept. 8, with early demand including a loan to Harvard University Museums and developer requests for architectural records.