Inventory of the Dispersed Art Collection Records

Bancroft Library Staff

University Archives

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

kneal@library.berkeley.edu

URL: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/bancroft/university-archives

Contributing Institution: University Archives

Title: Dispersed Art Collection records

Identifier/Call Number: CU-607

Physical Description: 4.15 linear feet (3 cartons, 1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1880-2006

Date (bulk): 1920-1980

Abstract: The Dispersed Art Collection records consist of files created to support the effort of the University Office of Business Services in fulfillment of its mission to document and care for the so-called "dispersed art collections" of the University. Although there was continually some back and forth with organized campus art / artifact collections, these files mostly deal with art objects that were not otherwise controlled by an organized campus art institution.

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Language of Material: English .

Access

Collection is open for research.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Acquisition Information

The Dispersed Art Collection records were transferred to The Bancroft Library by the Office of Risk Management in 2015.

Alternate Forms Available

There are no alternate forms of this collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Dispersed Art Collection records, CU-607, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

The Dispersed Art Collection records consist of files created to support the effort of the University Office of Business Services in fulfillment of its mission to document and care for the so-called "dispersed art collections" of the University. Although there was continually some back and forth with organized campus art / artifact collections, these files mostly deal with art objects that were not otherwise controlled by an organized campus art institution.

Most of the files were evidently created and arranged around 1978-79 by Marcelle Baxter, Financial and Business Services, who was charged with executing an inventory. However, much of the material goes back to the arrival of the relevant art work on campus, and was kept by various university clerks and business officers, under the auspices of university presidents/chancellors. The oldest items date from around the time of the donation of the Bacon Art Collection in the 1880s, but most of the files focus on the period circa 1920-80. The final date seems to be a BETS (tracking system) computer print-out from 2006.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley. Office of the Chancellor.

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Pelican sculpture 1958-1980

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Conservation- completed 1978-1980

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Correspondence 1990-2001

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Business Affairs 1978

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Inventory Lists 1950-1979

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Dispersed Art Collection Matters

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Conservation

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Art Stuff circa 1980s

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Art Museum Art Department Correspondence 1967-1989

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Campus Loan Book

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Print of Rome 1990

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Powerhouse Gallery 1973-1974

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Andrew C. Lawson Collection 1943

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University House 1979-1985

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West Bend Museum (Wisconsin) 1976

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James Kerr-Lawson Paintings 1981

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Salvador Dali- lithographs 1981

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Blake Estate Experimental Garden 1957-1983

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Marcelle Baxter 1984

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Inventory Project Reports 1978

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Fresco- Diego Rivera 1932, 1983-1993

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Chinese Dogs of Fo- Gift of Albert Bender 1984-1988

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Equipment Inventory Security

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A.P. Giannini bust- Gladys Bush 1990

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Sandona, Matteo- portrait of Alfred Hertz 1987

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Hearst Collection 1990-1991

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Smilodon (Saber Toothed Tiger)- Victor Bergeron 1975

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The National Portrait Gallery- photo requests 1990

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Howard Plan

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Vereschagen, [Vasili] (P.A. Hearst) circa 1979

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Mrs. Philip E. Bowels circa 1983

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Tojetti, Eduardo- Museo Italo-Americano

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Hearst Greek Theater Bas Reliefs

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Catalog Sheets

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Mary Blossom Davidson Portrait

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Bishop Berkeley- John F. Weir 1978

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Brookes, S.M.- "Fox" Conservation 1981

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Gottardo Piazzoni- Music Department 1986-1987

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Borglum, Gutzon, Bronze Head of Lincoln

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Puccinelli, Raymond- Grizzly Bear

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Putnam, Arthur- Puma

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Conservation Lab 1978

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Rugs- Therese Heyman 1979-1980

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University Art Collection

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University Art Collection Inventory Project- Phase I Report 1978

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Armes Collection 1924-1941

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Art Objects

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Bacon Collection

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Bender Collection

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Baker Oil Tools, Inc.

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Chinese Stone Lions

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Devine Collection- Chinese and Japanese Art

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De Vries Collection

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Edwards Art Collection

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Ellis, Ralph Collection

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Ellis, Elizabeth- Jade Collection

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Furman Collection

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Haviland, John

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Hearst, Phoebe Collection

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Hoagland Book Collection

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Holbrook Memorial Photograph Collection

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Hole, Willits J. Collection

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Hooker, Katherine Collection

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Hooper, Albert Collection

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Japanese Stone Lanterns

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Jepson Estate

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Johnson, Walter P. Estate

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Knight Coin Collection

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Lawson, Andres Collections

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Lohse Collection- Period Costumes

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Marble Chairs- Greek Theater

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McDonald Estate Collection

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Michalitschke Collection of Paintings

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Nash Collection

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Paintings

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Pettus, W. Collection

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Portraits

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Pratt Ranch- Hopland

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Prints- Art Department

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Robbins Chinese Collection

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Robson Gift

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Russian Icons

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Salz Graphic- Loan Collection

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Sather Tower- blueprints

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Schott, Alice Collection

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Springer Collection

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Stevens, Elizabeth R.- Silverware Gift

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Taussig Memorial Collection

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Textile Corp.

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U.S. Army Gifts- Benicia, Rock Island Arsenal

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Velasquez Paintings

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Art Project 1978-1980

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Ellis Jade Collection 1966

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UCB Dispersed Art Collection System- Master Catalog

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Report Example 1985

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Introduction to database 1984

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Blank worksheets

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Add New Records Option

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Art Collection- University

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University House Inventory

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Nimitz Collection- NROTC

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Still Life with Revolver

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Art Stuff

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Alphabetical Listing by Artist

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Master Catalog printouts

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University Art Collection Inventory Project- sheets

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Piazzoni Cursory Condition/ Proposed Treatment Reports

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Correspondence

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Photographs, proof sheets and negatives of art work

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Hearst Gym Storage

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John Galen Howard building descriptions

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Pioche Collection- photocopy of catalog

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Capitol Restoration Project

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notes on Scarpitta work 1989

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Wurster- Building No. 1797

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Revisions to Equipment Inventory Master File

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Mural Project correspondence

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Art Inventory Form Design

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University Art Museum, Berkeley, Campus Loan Policy 1974

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Blake Furnishings, Blake House

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Fine Arts Loan Agreement 1981

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Transportation of Eduardo Tojetti, "The Pride of the Harem"

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Prospectus of Bowles Hall, Dormitory for Men 1928

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Bancroft Library loan release form

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The Evolution of a Rivera Fresco

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Moya Del Pino

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Berkeley Equipment Tracking System Report 2006

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Card File of University Owned Art