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Registrar's Office Shipping & Entry Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-003-001

Dates

  • 1889 - 2022

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted to internal staff use only.

Biographical / Historical

Personnel in this department included:

E. Oscar Thalinger - Registrar (1923-1952)

Elizabeth Horton - Registrar (1952-1965)

Richard S. Cleveland - Registrar (1965-1969)

Mary-Edgar Patton - Registrar (1969-1985)

Helene Rundell - Registrar (1985-1986)

Nick Ohlman - Registrar (1987-1999)

Jeanette Fausz - Assistant Registrar (1991-1999), Registrar (1999-2014), Head Registrar (2014-2015)

Ella Rothgangel - Head of Registration (2015-2021), Collections Registrar (February 2021-August 2022)

Diane Mallow - Head of Registration (2021-2022), Director of Registration (2022-2024)

Extent

30.2 Linear Feet (71 letter document case boxes, 3 half-size legal document case boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Incoming and outgoing receipts of artwork shipments to the Saint Louis Art Museum (formerly City Art Museum and Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts), 1889-2022.

Arrangement

Shipping and entry records, organized into three series:

I. Shipping and entry records combined, 1889-1965.

II. Shipping forms, 1939-.

III. Entry forms, 1932-.

The first series, which contains information on both incoming and outgoing shipments, consists of lists, receipts, instructions, correspondence and logs. The second series consists of forms documenting outgoing objects. The third series consists of forms documenting incoming objects. Arrangement is by shipping or entry number.

Note: Entry Form Numbering restarts on July 28, 1966 when Richard Cleveland took over as the new Registrar.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Files are maintained by the office of the Registrar as a means of tracing and documenting the movement of works of art. Transferred to Museum Archives per Records Retention Policy requirements when files are considered non-current.

Accruals

Records were last transferred by Registration staff on June 6, 2023. Future accruals expected on annual basis.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Saint Louis Art Museum Archives Repository

Contact:
1 Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis Missouri