Contemporary Culture / Documentary Arts Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains publications and/or ephemera from exhibitions held at 5501 Columbia Art Center between 1992-2000. The collection also includes publications produced by Contemporary Culture / Documentary Arts Collection, and The Texas African American Photography Archive publications by Alan Govenar.
Dates
- 1992 - 2011
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for public research. Researchers must make an appointment to view this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by Contemporary Culture / Documentary Arts Collection
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
The collection contains publications and/or ephemera from exhibitions held at 5501 Columbia Art Center between 1992-2000. The collection also includes publications produced by Contemporary Culture / Documentary Arts Collection, and The Texas African American Photography Archive publications by Alan Govenar.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in two series: 5501 Columbia Art Center Exhibitions and Publcations. Within series the 5501 Columbia series files are arranged chronologicailly by exhibition opening date.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Leigh Arnold and Hillary Bober visited Alan Govenar and Kaleta Doolin at the Columbia Avenue Art Center on March 22, 2012. Govenar and Doolin provided copies of Contemporary Culture, Documentary Arts and 5501 Columbia Art Center publications and printed materials.
The collection was acquired by the DMA Archives as part of the DallasSITES (history of contemporary art in Dallas, 1963-present) research project (2011-2013).
Exhibition Dates Note
Dates given for exhibitions are the dates the exhibition was on view; creation dates for documents in the file may be before or after the on view dates.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Hillary Bober. Processing completed 4 December 2012.
Additional description/notes were added for DACS compliance and ArchivesSpace local usage guidelines in 2021.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Contemporary Culture / Documentary Arts Collection
- Author
- Hillary Bober
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2013: Former Collection Identifier: 2012.034
Repository Details
Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository