Processing the Saul Steinberg Papers: Beinecke Illuminated visual podcast no. 4

Our visual podcasts series takes you behind the scenes of the work, collections, and programs of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In the fourth episode, Tubyez Cropper, communications associate at the library, talks with archivist Eve Neiger about her work in processing the Saul Steinberg Papers. The Saul Steinberg Papers comprise 578.6 Linear Feet ((567 boxes) + 2 rolls, 86 broadsides, 1 record album storage) and consist of correspondence, artwork, professional papers, personal papers, photographs, published artwork, clippings, collected and source material, realia, financial papers, and audio-visual material documenting artist Saul Steinberg’s professional and personal activities. The papers document Steinberg’s development as an artist, his career as a fine artist and as an illustrator for the The New Yorker magazine, his travels, his personal life, and his personal and professional relationships, including his relationships with his wife artist Hedda Sterne and with his partner Sigrid Spaeth. Spaeth’s papers, consisting of correspondence, photographs, personal papers, professional papers, and some audio-visual materials, are also included. The bulk of the papers date from 1931-1999, primarily from Steinberg’s life after immigrating to the United States in 1942. Also included are ephemera, manuscripts, and other printed material from the 15th-19th centuries collected by Steinberg during his lifetime. Visit the Beinecke Library online at https://beinecke.library.yale.edu to learn more about how to search the collections, register for research, and much more.