Charles Venable Curatorial Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created or received by Charles Venable, Curator of Decorative Arts from 1986-2002. Venable also served as Chief Curator. Topics documented in the collection include the Bybee Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Tabletop to TV Tray: China and Glass in America exhibition, silver, quilt exhibitions, Reves Collection and Wendy Reves, Centennial, Friends of Decorative Arts, strategic plan, collections plan / collection development, committee on collections, departmental meetings and administration, exhibition proposals, and photos.
Dates
- 1986 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unprocessed. Access may be permitted at the discretion of the archivist; 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.
Extent
10.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the transferring department.
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.
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Hillary Bober
- Date
- 2022-04-12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022-04-12: Accession number updated per revised protocol. Previous accession number was 200X.046.
Repository Details
Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository