Ramona Austin Curatorial Records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the records of Ramona Austin, Associate Curator of African Art (1994-1999) and Margaret McDermott Associate Curator of African Art (1999-2001). The bulk of the records relate to Austin's work on a catalogue for the museum's collection of African Art; this catalogue was not published or completed. Records for the catalogue were also created by Josephine Ryan, assistant to Austin. Catalogue records include correspondence with publisher, editor and authors of essays and entries; essay and catalogue drafts and edits; and meeting notes.
The collection also contains general correspondence, dealer correspondence with Joel Cooner Gallery, 1996 permanent collection installation, and the exhibition Animals in African Art.
Dates
- 1995 - 2001
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
0.41 Linear Feet
14.7 Megabytes
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.
Records that were related to the unpublished African Catalogue undertaken by Austin from 1997 to 2001 were removed and processed as part of the Unpublished African Catalogue Records collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection accessioned by Hillary Bober in January 2014.
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 2014.002.
Repository Details
Part of the Dallas Museum of Art Archives Repository