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Photography: People

 Collection
Identifier: PC-006

Scope and Contents

The Photography: People collection consists of portraits and idenitifed candid photographs of people associated with the museum, including trustees, collectors/donors, lecturers and visiting scholars, famous visitors, volunteers, committee chairs and League officers, and museum staff. Many of the trustee photos were submitted for use in the President's Letter for new trustee nominations.

Dates

  • 1905 - 2005

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for public research. Researchers must make an appointment to view this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Photography by non-DMA photographers may have separate copyright restrictions.

Extent

4.58 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Photography: People collection consists of portraits and idenitifed candid photographs of people associated with the museum, including trustees, collectors/donors, lecturers and visiting scholars, famous visitors, volunteers, committee chairs and League officers, and museum staff.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into four series: Non-staff, Staff, Artists and Viewing Art. Within each series the arrangement is primarily alphabetically, though the Non-staff and Staff series are further divided into individuals, multiples (more than one identified person of significance) and groups; the Staff series has an additional grouping of staff events. The folders with individuals may also contain photos of that individual with others.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Photography: People collection is a combination of photographic documention that was already in the archives, slides transferred from the slide library, and digital photography on disk transferred from the Imaging department.

Physical Description

Formats found in the collection include slides; color and black and white prints; color and black and white negatives, and digital images. Some series include format information in the description.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Hillary Bober; processing completed 14 June 2017.

Additional description/notes were added for DACS compliance and ArchivesSpace local usage guidelines in 2021.

Title
Finding Aid to Photography: People
Author
Hillary Bober
Date
06/14/2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2021-10-01: Photography Collection number assigned as identifier following new protocol. Former collection number was 2017.010.

Repository Details

Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository

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