Abstract The John and Nora Wise Papers document the collecting of Pre-Columbian art and artifacts for their personal collection and for resale as John Wise Ltd., and John Wise's work as a dealer. The collection consists primarily of correspondence with buyers and sellers. The collection also contains records of the Wise collection on exhibition, notably "The John Wise Collection of Ancient Peruvian Art" at the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1937, "World of Ancient Gold" at the New York World's Fair in 1964,...

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This collection contains records created or received by Curator / Senior Curator John Lunsford during his tenure at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1958-1987. The collection consists of correspondnece and subject files. Correspondence includes dealer, donor and researcher correspondence; requests for information; and other administrative tasks. Subject files include files on research topics, private collections, travel, projects and institutional duties.

Abstract The John Lunsford Papers document the personal and working life of John Lunsford (1933-2019), art historian, professor, curator at the Dallas Museum of Art, and Director of the Meadows Museum. The collection consists primarily of teaching and lecture materials from his career at Southern Mehtodist University and other teaching engagements, personal and professional writing in the form of prose, poetry, diaries, and research notes and articles, and other records of his career as an art...

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This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and publicity collected by artist and musician Josephine Oliver Travis throughout her life.

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Collection consists of miscellaneous materials found in the Bromberg library, donated to the Mayer Library, related to Mrs. Bromberg's civic and collecting interests, and friends and family. Materials date from early 1960s-mid-1970s.

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This collection contains records related to the Junior Associates Circle. The bulk of the records document An Affair of the Art, Junior Associates annual fundraising event, 1994-2012. The remaining files relate to the Junior Associates committees and chairs.

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This collection consists of materials from Karen Erxleben Weiner related to her work as a founding member of Dallas Artists Research and Exhibition (DARE) which became The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC), manager of University of Texas at Dallas SouthSide Artist Residency Program, and committee work on the 1990 and 1992 DMA Beaux Arts Balls.

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This collection contains records created or received by Kathy Walsh-Piper, Director of Education from the mid-1990s to 2001. Records departmental administrative records including, budget, personnel, Education Committee, and grants; and exhibition files, primarily Searching for Ancient Egypt.

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This collection contains records created by Margot Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design Kevin Tucker and date between 2006-2012. Files were likely maintained by a curatorial assistant. Records include files for correspondence by year and Silver Supper by year. The collection also includes a file of professional biographical material on Tucker and one file of research materials.

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This collection consists of the born-digital records created or received by Kevin Tucker, Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design. Records in the collection span Tucker's tenure at the DMA, 2003-2015. Electronic records of Curator of Decorative Arts Kevin Tucker.

File types include Word Documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, image files, and PowerPoint presentations.