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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
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Collection is open for research.
No additions are expected.
The Dispersed Art Collection records were transferred to The Bancroft Library by the Office of Risk Management in 2015.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
[Identification of item], Dispersed Art Collection records, CU-607, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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.
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.