Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Consists of advertisements, announcements, brochures, exhibition catalogs, invitations and posters promoting various artists and exhibitions held at California art galleries, art museums, and college art museums. Materials are primarily from San Francisco, the Bay Area and Los Angeles galleries and museums; bulk of materials date from the 1960s.
- Extent:
- 10.0 boxes (4.5 Linear feet)
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], [File name], California Art Gallery and Museum Ephemera Collection, California Historical Society.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Consists of a variety of ephemera pertaining to California art galleries, art museums and college art museums, mainly in San Francisco, the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The bulk of the material dates from the 1960s, but the collection includes ephemera from 1928 to 2011. Types of art represented include painting, photography, sculpture, ceramic and glass art, textiles and mixed media. Many 1960s-era contemporary art galleries are represented such as Arleigh Gallery (San Francisco), Batman Gallery (San Francisco), Dilexi Gallery (San Francisco), Dwan Gallery (Los Angeles), Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles), John Bolles Gallery (San Francisco) and Maxwell Galleries (San Francisco) as are the exhibition catalogs of major California museums such as the Oakland Museum and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Types of ephemera include advertisements, announcements, brochures, exhibition catalogs, invitations and posters.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jaime Henderson in 2013.
- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the art gallery or museum.
- Accruals:
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Additions to the collection are ongoing.
- Physical location:
- Collection is stored onsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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California Historical Society collections have been transferred to Stanford University Libraries. Collections will be unavailable as Stanford accessions them and updates records. Please contact chscollection@stanford.edu with any inquiries.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], [File name], California Art Gallery and Museum Ephemera Collection, California Historical Society.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022