Getty Research Institute Librarian Anne-Mieke Halbrook Records, 1973-1992, undated, 1971-2000, undated

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Summary

Title:

Getty Research Institute Librarian Anne-Mieke Halbrook Records

Dates:

1971-2000, undated

Creators:

Getty Research Institute

Abstract:

Records comprise correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes and other administrative files dating from 1971 to 2000 pertaining to the work of Anne-Mieke Halbrook, Chief Librarian. The records provide insight to the administrative and resource development of the library at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (GCHAH) and its successor, the Getty Research Institute, as well as early projects the Research Library participated in, such as the Retrospective Reconversion Project.

Extent:

5.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

Language:

Collection material is in English

Preferred citation:

[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], Getty Research Institute Librarian Anne-Mieke Halbrook records, 1971-2000, undated. The Getty Research Institute (IA60001).

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifaia60001

Background

Scope and content:

The records comprise the administrative, correspondence, and project files of Anne-Mieke Halbrook, Chief Librarian of the J. Paul Getty Museum and later Chief Librarian of the Getty Research Institute (GRI) and its predecessors, the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (GCHAH). Materials date from 1971 to 2000 and provide insight to the creation and development of the library's core holdings and programs and its efforts to become a center for art history research and scholarship. The materials also document Halbrook's involvement in partnership projects with other cultural institutions and include correspondence, reports, budgets, planning documents, statistics, minutes, memoranda, photos, and documentation of gifts to the library.

Arrangement

These records are organized in four series:

Series I. Research library records, 1971-1997, undated; Series II. Correspondence and memos, 1973-2000, undated; Series III. Administrative records, 1975-1995, undated; Series IV. Photographs and ephemera, 1982-1985, 1993.

Biographical / historical:

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is a program developed and overseen by the J. Paul Getty Trust, an international cultural and philanthropic not-for-profit institution educational in purpose and character, that focuses on the visual arts in all of their dimensions, serving both general audiences and specialized professionals. As of 2011 the Trust supports and oversees four programs: the J. Paul Getty Museum; the Getty Foundation; the Getty Conservation Institute; and the Getty Research Institute, which is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts.

The origins of the J. Paul Getty Trust date to 1953, when J. Paul Getty established the J. Paul Getty Museum as a California charitable trust to house his growing art collections. Originally a small, private institution located in Mr. Getty's Ranch House near Malibu, California, the museum moved to the newly constructed Getty Villa on grounds adjacent to the Ranch House in 1974. When most of Mr. Getty's personal estate passed to the Trust in 1982, the Trustees decided that, given the size of the endowment, it should make a greater contribution to the visual arts and humanities than the museum could alone. In 1982, following extensive international deliberations with knowledgeable individuals, the trustees made commitments to three new entities, a Conservation Institute, a Center for Education in the Arts, and a Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (GCHAH), which formally opened in July 1983.

From its inception the objective of the GCHAH was to foster advanced research in art, its history, diversity, and meaning in our culture by engaging scholars from various disciplines in the humanities. The proposed center was to include a residence program for scholars, a major expansion of the library, a modest publications program, and an art photo archive. The activities of the center were also to focus on preserving historic materials in the field of art history and the development of new reference tools for the field, using the latest in information technologies.

In 1996, in order to avoid confusion with the soon-to-open Getty Center in Brentwood, the GCHAH was renamed the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities and moved to the Getty Center in I997. In 2000 the program's name was shortened to the Getty Research Institute (GRI).

The GRI's Research Library, one of the largest art libraries in the world, is accessible to both on-site and remote users and supports scholars and researchers around the world. The library's Special Collections department contains rare books and unique materials, such as drawings, personal papers, unpublished manuscripts, journals, letters, video art, architectural drawings and models, and other primary sources. The general library collection contains over a million secondary sources, focusing on the histories of art, architecture, and archaeology from pre-history to contemporary times. Additionally, the Research Library maintains numerous online databases, which serve global communities of librarians, archivists, historians, and museum professionals; a Photo Study Collection, which contains over two million photographs of art and architecture; and the Getty's Institutional Archives, which maintains records of enduring value related to the founding and development of the Trust and its programs.

The GRI's role includes several other significant activities. Through its residential Scholar Program the GRI brings together an international group of artists, composers, architects, filmmakers, writers, and academics to exchange ideas while pursuing their own projects. Since the library's materials are often handled during scholarly research, and thereby exposed to light, air, physical movement, and human contact, the GRI maintains an expert conservation team that works to restore and preserve the Research Library's unique holdings.

The GRI creates and disseminates new knowledge through its expertise, its active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations, exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars program. The Getty Research Institute also promotes a broader understanding of the arts and reaches a more diverse audience through its public programs, which include workshops, conferences, lectures, performances, film screenings, and exhibitions.

Anne-Mieke Halbrook's service to the J. Paul Getty Trust includes her employment at the Getty Museum as Chief Librarian; Chief Librarian at the Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities; and as the Head of Collection Management at the Getty Research Institute.

Acquisition information:

The records described in this finding aid are from accessions 2005.IA.04 and 2008.IA.41, transferred by Anne-Mieke Halbrook of the Getty Research Institute.

Processing information:

Helen Kim intellectually processed the records and wrote the finding aid in 2015. No other work has been performed on the materials.

Physical location:

Request access to the physical material described in this inventory through its corresponding library catalog record and click "Request." Click here for general library access policy. See the Administrative Information section of this finding aid for access restrictions specific to the records described below. Please note, some of the records may be stored off site; advanced notice is required for access to these materials.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Helen Kim
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-01-19T09:29-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

With the exception of materials that have been marked restricted or confidential, the records described in accessions 2005.IA.04 and 2008.IA.41 are available for use by qualified researchers. Please note: selected restricted materials must be removed from boxes prior to access by researcher.

The following types of records are permanently closed: records containing personal information, records that compromise security or operations, legal communications, legal work product, and records related to donors. The J. Paul Getty Trust reserves the right to restrict access to any records held by the Institutional Archives.

Terms of access:

Contact Library Rights and Reproductions at the Getty Research Institute for copyright information and permission to publish.