Registrar's Office Exhibition Files
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this material falls into the first series of special exhibitions, an active series. The series on Missouri exhibition and Local Artists' Groups are both inactive. The special exhibition series documents the role of the Registrar's office in the organization of temporary exhibitions and includes such information as shipping arrangements, loan forms, condition reports, conservation treatment, insurance coverage, etc. The Missouri exhibitions series contains information on the 4th through the 20th Annual Missouri exhibitions and includes a card file of participating artists. The Local Artists' Groups series documents the exhibition scheduling of 25 local organizations maintaining an affiliation with the museum.
Dates
- 1931 - 2018
Biographical / Historical
Records in this series may contain outdated, perjorative, or offensive terms used at the time of creation. Original exhibition titles have been retained for folder-level description.
Extent
70 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Exhibition files, organized into three series: I. Special Exhibitions, 1931-. II. Missouri Exhibitions, 1944-1965. III. Local Artists' Groups, 1939-1964. First two series arranged chronologically; third series arranged alphabetically by artists' group, then chronologically under each heading.
Custodial History
Files are created in conjunction with the planning of exhibitions and are maintained by the office of the Registrar. Transferred to the Museum Archives when files are considered non-current. More recent exhibition files are maintained under Exhibitions and Collections.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Saint Louis Art Museum Archives Repository