Director Richard R. Brettell Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created or received by Director Rick Brettell (1988-1992) or maintained by the Director's Office staff on behalf of the Director. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files, either a straight chronological series documenting all correspondnece going out under the director's signature, or an alphabetical series by correspondent that includes incoming and outgoing correspondence. The Brettell records also include a series of reference or subject files which may contain incoming and outgoing correspondence filed by subject, internal memoranda, or reference materials, and Board of Trustees and Board committee files.
The Hamon expansion and Hamon campaign are well represented in Brettell's records.
Dates
- 1980 - 1993
- Majority of material found within 1988 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unprocessed. Access may be permitted at the discretion of the archivist; contact the archives at archives@DMA.org.
Some files in this collection may contain records restricted to museum staff access; contact the archives at archives@DMA.org.
Institution-wide restriction on publicly disclosing the purchase price, appraised value, insurance value of a work of art (DMA Acquisition and Deaccession Policies and Procedures) and anonymous donor or lender information may apply to this collection. This information is only accessible to DMA staff or representatives.
Board of Trustees and Board Committee records are restricted to museum staff: Director’s Office and relevant contact department.
Extent
19.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series: chronological correspondence, alphabetical correspondence, reference/subject files, and Board of Trustees. The alphabetical correspondence series is further arranged with a subseries for each year of Gates' tenure; correspondence is arranged alphabetically within each year. There is no identifiable arrangement to the reference / subject series, though like files are generally grouped together and may follow an alphabetical or chronological arrangement within the group. Board files are arranged chronologically with a sequence of general Board year files followed by individual Board and committee meeting files in a singe chronological sequence.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Departmental transfer prior to 2009.
Collection was re-accessioned in 2022 during the ArchivesSpace migration to incorporate a revised collection number.
Collection accessioned by Hillary Bober on 21 April 2022.
Date Note
Dates written as yyyy-yy refer to a Board year which generally runs from September through May of the following year. For example, 1971-72 refers to the Board year from September 1971 to May 1972). Actual date ranges are written as yyyy-yyyy (example: 1971-1972).
Dates recorded in this format may also refer to a fiscal year; in this time period the fiscal year was 1 October YYYY-30 September YYYY.
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Hillary Bober
- Date
- 2022-04-21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022-04-21: Accession number updated per revised protocol. Previous accession number was 200X.026.
Repository Details
Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository