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Susan Barnes Curatorial Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-25

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records created or received by Susan Barnes, Senior Curator of Western Art 1989-1994. Barnes also served as Deputy Director. Records include exhibition proposals, chronological correspondence December 1992-July 1994, dealer correspondence, and museum/insitutional correspondence.

Dates

  • 1989 - 1994

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

3.00 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.

Box 1: Exhibition Proposals; Box 2: Deputy Director Correspondence; Box 3: Museum and Dealer Correspondence

Museum and dealer correspondence are in separate mostly allphabetical sequences.

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
2022-04-15
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2022-04-15: Accession number updated per revised protocol. Previous accession number was 200X.047.

Repository Details

Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository

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