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