Director's Office Records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records from the Director's office. The bulk of the records cover the directorships of Max Anderson and Bonnie Pitman, though there are files that date back to Directors Parker, Brettell, Gates, and Lane. Records inlcude chronological and general alphabetic corespondence files; collection and aquistions; programs and events; policies and procedures; donor relations, particularly with Hoffman, Marcus Foundation, McDermott, Owsely, and Stoffel; and other subject files such as Arts District, City of Dallas, Nasher Sculpture Center, and New Cities Foundation.
Dates
- 1981 - 2015
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.
Extent
4.79 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Folder titles may be correspondent names or subject files.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Departmental transfer from Rebecca Collins, Executive Assistant to the Director, received on 25-26 January 2016.
Collection accessioned by Hillary Bober on 29 January 2016.
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 2016.003.
Repository Details
Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository