SC. Special Collections

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This collection contains the rosettes, ribbon and medal earned by Chase Kahwinhut Earles for his piece Batah Kuhuh: Alligator Gar Fish Effigy Bottle from six art shows and markets in 2018. The DMA acquired the piece in 2020.

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The collection consists of a set of private books on four artworks from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Dealey which were gifted to the museum. Each book contains a reproduction of the artwork, and hand-calligraphied tombstone information and artist biography.

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The collection contains publications and/or ephemera from exhibitions held at 5501 Columbia Art Center between 1992-2000. The collection also includes publications produced by Contemporary Culture / Documentary Arts Collection, and The Texas African American Photography Archive publications by Alan Govenar.

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The collection documents the art work, exhibition and teaching of Coreen Mary Spellman, a Denton-based artist and educucator from the 1930-1970s.

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This collection contains reference copies of oral history interviews from the Dallas Public Library collection with people relevant to DMA history. The bulk of the collection is a series of interviews with Jerry Bywaters, but the collection also includes copies of interviews with Juanita Bromberg, Velma Dozier and R.L. Thornton Jr.

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This is an artificial collection to contain and describe the small groups of material donated by individuals in response to the DallasSITES reserarch project (2011-2013). Materials were donated by artists and galleries; there are also news clippings about the Dallas art community in general.

Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection are papers of Dallas-based artist David McManaway (d.2010) who was most known for his assemblage pieces he called Jomo boards. (NOTE: there are 4 McManaway works in the DMA collection.] The collection contains photographs, correspondence, publications, David's pun-y cartoon sketches, inspiration material, family materials, audiovisual recordings, and objects meaningful to David or part of his work process. The collection also contains some material from Norma...

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This collection consists of one section of wall panel with objects from David McManaway's studio; individual items with special significance or representative of McManaway's aesthetic removed from a larger 4x8 foot section of studio wall panel; photographs of large panel; and audio description of selected items.

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The collection documents the adminstration, artists and exhibitions of the DW Gallery from 1975-1988. The gallery showcased contemporary regional artists.

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This collection contains materials documenting Edith Baker's career as a gallereist and practicing artist. The arrangement follows this duality with series for personal and professional practice. The personal series contains documentation of Baker's art practice, teaching and art-related affiliations. The professional series contains documentation of Baker's professional service (DADA, EASL) and owner of the Edith Baker Gallery.