MA. Museum Archives

This collection contains records created or received by Patrick "Rick" Stewart, Curator of American Art and Chairman of American Paintings and Decorative Arts, 1983-1986. The collection primarily consists of Stewart's records relating to three exhibitions he curated: Lone Star Regionalism, Dallas Collects Americam Painting, and Visions of the West. Files include exhibition planning, lender correspondence, loan files, shipping, and research materials.

This collection contains the records of Rob Milbank Jr., Director of Public Affairs and General Counsel 1983-1985 and consist of legal, board of trustees and public affairs files.

This collection contains records of Margaret McDermott Curator of African Art Roslyn (Roz) Walker. Records include African Art and textile exhibition, object research, and gallery reinstallation planning (2005, unrealized). The majority of the collection documents the research for the reinstallation of African Art Gallery in 2015, and the site visits for the installation research project funded by the Texas Fund for Curatorial Research.

This collection contains the records created or received by Sabiha Al Khemir, the DMA's Senior Advisor for Islamic Art, inlcuded files related to the Nur exhibition, Keir Collection and general curatorial records.

This collection contains special exhibition and permanent collection teaching materials / teacher packets. Also included are materials for the creation of the CD-ROM Art of Looking; SPGI [School Partnerships and Gallery Interpretation] departmental files, statistics and reports; and TAG [talented and gifted] materials.

The collection contains 25 small panels depicting copies of paintings and drawings related to Shakespeare and his time, mounted on board for an outreach exhibition in conjunction with Shakespeare: The Globe and the World, 1980-1981.

The collection contains records for the Silver Supper, the annual fundraising event for the Decorative Arts Department. The records consist of materials from the Silver Supper chairs for each year with varying levels of detail, and from Charles Venable and Stephen Harrison of the Decorative Arts department and "owner" of the event. Some later records are from the Office of Special Events. It is unclear which records are from which creator.

This collection consists of engraving and printing plates for special events, including invitations, reply cards, envelopes, menu and logo. Events represented in the collection are: Women in Classical Greece: Pandora's Box Lenders Dinner (1996); Grand Benefactor Dinner (2003); Silver Supper (2004, 2005, 2006).

This collection consists of invitations to special member and circle events between 2004-2009 including exhibition openings, programs, receiptions and other events.

This collection consists of invitations and other printed materials for special events primarily between 2009-2010. Event types include member and circle exhibition openings, programs, receiptions and annual fundraising events.