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Institutional Archives, Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Phone: (310) 440-7390
Fax: (310) 440-7780
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Collections with online items: 22
Physical collections: 65
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Art Works: Behind the Scenes at the Getty production materials

The records date from 1995 to 1998 and primarily comprise audiovisual and production materials generated by the Getty film project Art Works: Behind the Scenes at the Getty (1997). Materials comprise film reels, tapes, contracts, daily logs, storyboards, and other...

 
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Getty Art History Information Program, Interviews regarding the study of art history

The records comprise interviews that were conducted by the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP) and Brown University's Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS) in 1986 and 1988. The interviews consist of discussions with experts and researchers in...

Getty Conservation Institute Maya Initiative records, 1972-2016, undated (bulk 1996-2016)

The Maya Initiative records date from 1972 to 2016, undated (bulk 1996-2016) and primarily document the Getty Conservation Institute's collaborations with the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia (IHAH) of Honduras to develop a conservation strategy for the Hieroglyphic Stairway...

Getty Education Institute, Art Education History Archives Project, 1998-1999

The records consist of a Getty Education Institute sponsored program to video-record interviews with leading art educators of the 1980s and 1990s. The resulting 45 VHS cassette recordings and transcriptions produced during 1998 and 1999, document the ideas and programs...

Getty Foundation, reports submitted by recipients of conservation grants

The records consist entirely of final and annual progress reports made up of correspondence, reports, surveys, architectural drawings, publications, specifications, print and slide photographic documentation, CD-ROMs, video, and floppy diskettes, dating 1986-2011, submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of...

Getty (J. Paul) diaries

The collection comprises twenty-nine handwritten diaries (1938-1946, 1948-1976) of billionaire J. Paul Getty. The diaries focus on his travels, business dealings, art collecting, and interests, providing insights into his personality, priorities, politics, relationships, tastes, and values. They contain daily accounts...

Getty Research Institute African American Art History Initiative Oral Histories, 2018-2022

The records comprise oral histories conducted with postwar African American artists under the auspices of the Getty Research Institute's African American Art History Initiative. Records date from 2018 to 2022 and will accrue over the duration of the Initiative. Records...

Getty Research Institute California Video exhibition project files and oral history recordings, 2006-2008

The records comprise the project files of the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art (DACA) at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) for the exhibition co-sponsored by the GRI and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Records include artist interviews conducted by...

Getty Research Institute Interviews Regarding Harald Szeemann, 2016-2017

The records comprise oral histories conducted with artists and curators about the Swiss curator Harald Szeemann, whose archive is in the Special Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Records date from 2016 to 2017 and include digital video interviews as...

Getty Research Institute. Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings

Materials principally comprise audiovisual recordings of oral history interviews, public conversations, and lectures dating 2003-2011, generated by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through its Modern Art in Los Angeles initiative. Materials also include supporting documentation for the initiative, including interview...

Getty Research Institute Poetry Initiatives Records, 1997-2005, undated

The records comprise paper and electronic project files documenting various poetry initiatives sponsored by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) dating from 1997 to 2005 such as Poetry in Motion® L.A as well as GRI-commissioned poems related to the Scholars Program....

Getty Research Institute public event records and recordings

The materials consist of audio recordings, video recordings, images, planning materials and ephemera that document public events sponsored by the Getty Research Institute from 1998 to 2020. The materials include audiocassettes and born-digital files. The events include lectures, discussions, film...

Getty Research Institute, Scholars Program images and recordings

The collection consists of digitized and analog audio recordings, video recordings, and photographs of the people and events related to the Scholars Program at the Getty Research Institute. The materials date 1985-2013 and include recordings and photographs of lectures, panel...

 
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J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Center Public Event Recordings, 1998-2018, undated

This collection consists of audiovisual recordings of public programming events sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum that were held at the Getty Center campus from 1998 to 2018. One event is undated. Events comprise lectures, conversations, panel discussions, symposia,...

J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Villa Public Event Recordings, 2006-2018

This collection consists of audiovisual recordings and ephemera of public programming events sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum that were held at the Getty Villa campus from 2006 to 2018. Events comprise lectures, conversations, panel discussions, symposia, seminars, colloquia,...

J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Oral History Program Interviews Overseen/Conducted by Martin Meeker, University of California, Berkeley, 2015-ongoing

Records currently consist of printed transcripts and flash drives containing Word, PDF, MP3 and MP4, wav, and raw video files, dating 2015-2018, of the oral histories created as a part of the new 2015- Getty Oral History Program initiated by...

J. Paul Getty Trust Oral History Transcripts, 1999-2009

Records comprise the final transcripts and three videos of oral histories conducted with Getty staff, trustees, and associates by Oral Historian Eric Abrahamson between 1999 and 2010.

J. Paul Getty Trust Press Clippings

The records comprise press clippings about the J. Paul Getty Trust, J. Paul Getty Museum, other trust programs, and Getty family and associates, 1954-2022 (bulk 1983-2022) and undated. The records contain analog and digital files and document the extent to...

J. Paul Getty Trust Press Releases and Public Outreach Materials

The records comprise press releases, event calendars, magazines published by the Getty, presentations to the press and public, and other materials created and disseminated by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1954-1959 and 1973-2022 (bulk...

 
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Overdrive: L.A. constructs the future, 1940-1990 exhibition oral history interviews

The resource comprises eight unedited videorecordings (with corresponding transcripts) of oral history interviews conducted with prominent Los Angeles architects from 2011 to 2012 as part of the Getty Research Institute's exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990. The exhibition examined...

 
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Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. Recordings, 2008-2012

The collection principally comprises recordings produced from 2008 through 2012 as part of the project. Project participants, including the Getty itself, conducted an extensive series of oral histories with many of Los Angeles' key artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and critics,...

Program for Art on Film records

Records include correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, minutes, financial and legal documents, films, CD-ROMs, slides, and ephemera produced and collected by the Program for Art on Film, 1951-1999 and undated. Included in the collection are records created and collected by the...