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Carolyn Tate, Assistant Curator of Pre-Columbian Art, Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-12

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records created and received by Carolyn Tate who was the Assistant Curator of Pre-Columbian Art from 1987-1992. A large portion of the records pertain to an exhibition of Olmec art she was organizing, with files on loans, dealer correspondence, collectors and collections, and general subject/topic files.

Dates

  • 1987 - 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.

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

2.29 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in five informal series: Subject/topical files, Loans, Dealer correspondence, Collectors/Collections, and Olmec exhibition.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Files in this collection were separated from the material transferred from Carol Robbins office during processing of the Carol Robbins Records.

Collection accessioned by Hillary Bober on 7 August 2015.

Collection description was updated in 2022 during the ArchivesSpace migration per local usage guidelines for accession resource records.

Status
Unprocessed
Author
Hillary Bober
Date
2022-03-10
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2022-03-10: Accession number updated per revised protocol. Previous accession number was 2015.012.

Repository Details

Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository

Contact:
1717 N. Harwood St.
Dallas TX 75201 US