Development Office Campaign Files
Scope and Contents
Campaign materials deal with efforts of the museum to increase income from tax revenue and thereby reinstate some of the activities which had been curtailed due to the effect of inflation on the museum's income. The ZMD campaign for property tax increase in 1983 was successful.
Dates
- 1981 - 1985
Biographical / Historical
Thomas M. Costello was Director of Development during the period covering both of the campaigns, 1981-1985.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Campaign files, organized into two series: I. Proposition One campaign for sales tax increase, 1982. II Zoo-Museum District campaign for property tax increase, 1983. Arranged by subject within each series.
Custodial History
Files were created during the planning of activities surrounding each of the campaign efforts. Transferred to the Museum Archives in 1983 at the conclusion of the property tax campaign.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Saint Louis Art Museum Archives Repository