State Fair of Texas Art Department Exhibition Catalogues
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the catalogues or handbooks of the art exhibition installed by the Art Department of the State Fair of Texas for 1905-1934. From 1909-1934 the Art Department exhibitions were held in the Textile and Fine Arts Building, displacing the Dallas Art Association permanent collection and exhibitions. In 1936, with the construction of the new Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Fair Park, the museum took over installing a special art exhibition during the State Fair.
The collection comprises a complete set of Art Department catalogues from 1905-1934. There was no State Fair was held in 1918 (WWI) or 1935 (Centennial preparations).
Prior to 1905, the public fair in Fair Park was organized by the Dallas State Fair & Exposition (1886) and then the Texas State Fair & Dallas Exposition (1887). It is unknown if either organizer included and art exhibition as part of their fairs (1886-1903). [https://bigtex.com/about/history/]
Dates
- 1905 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for public research. Researchers must make an appointment to view this collection.
Biographical / Historical
NOTE: No State Fair was held in 1918 (WWI) or 1935 (Centennial preparations)
Extent
0.67 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the catalogues or handbooks of the art exhibition installed by the Art Department of the State Fair of Texas for 1905-1934.
Arrangement
Catalogues are arranged chronologically by year of the fair.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection acquired July 29, 2002.
Existence and Location of Copies
The DMA Archives has digitized some of the catalogues and made them available through the Portal to Texas History.
Processing Information
Collection reboxed and additional description added in 2017.
Additional description/notes were added for DACS compliance and ArchivesSpace local usage guidelines in 2021.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the State Fair of Texas Art Department Exhibition Catalogues
- Author
- Hillary Bober
- Date
- 06/19/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017: Formerly had accession number: 200X.021; renumbered when different accession number formats were created for museum records and special collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository