MA. Museum Archives

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This collection contains records created or received by Stephen Harrison, Assistant Curator of Decorative arts from 1996-2002. The collection primarily features Harrison's correspondence and lectures.

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The collection contains the records of Steven Nash, Deputy Director / Chief Curator, 1980-1988. Records document adminstrative activities of the curatorial department.

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This collection consists of the 1992 chronological correspondence of Susan Barnes, Senior Curator of Western Art, and Emily Sano, Senior Curator of Non-Western Art. Sano also served as Deputy Director in this period. Chronological correspondence files contain copies of every piece of external correspondence that went out under either Barnes' or Sano's signature. The collection may also contain copies of internal memos.

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This collection contains records created or received by Susan Barnes, Senior Curator of Western Art 1989-1994. Barnes also served as Deputy Director. Records include exhibition proposals, chronological correspondence December 1992-July 1994, dealer correspondence, and museum/insitutional correspondence.

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This collection contains the record of Susan Diachisin, the first Director of the Center for Creative Connections, or C3. Records document the planning for C3 exhibitions and programs, fundraising, administration, evaluation, and partnerships.

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This collection contains records created or received by Suzanne Weaver, Nancy and Tim Hanely Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art until 2008. Records include Concentrations Series exhibition files, Texas and other contemporary artist files, correspondence, and acquisitions.

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This collection contains the extant records documenting the exhibition held at the DMFA during the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondnece and Centennial promotional or souvenier materials.

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This collection contains records created or received by Tom Livesay, Assistant Director for Administration 1980-1984. Livesay's records consist of correspondence files, a chronological series for 1981 and an alphabetical series of correspondence and subject files. Livesay was Assistant Director during the construction of and move to the New Museum and many files relate to that in some way. The collection also includes Board of Trustees and Board committee meeting files.

Scope and Contents This collection contains exhibition records transferred to archives from an exhibitions file room. The exhibitions department is the primary creator of the records in this collection, though they may also contain records created by the curator in charge of the exhibition. Records may include but are not limited to: attendance, checklists, contracts, planning, budget, funding and sponsorship, correspondence and memoranda, loans, insurance, shipping, tour venues, catalogue, programming, audio...

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This collection is an artifical collection created by the archives to contain reference material on the museum and people connected to it.