Public Information Office records
Finding aid prepared by Christina Marino
Processing and finding aid creation funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation as a part of the initiative Pacific Standard
Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90036
323-857-6118
library@lacma.org
Title: Public Information Office records
Identifier/Call Number: PUB.001.001
Contributing Institution:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.58 Linear feet
, 2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1973-1974
Creator:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Public Information Office.
Biographical/Historical note
The records in this collection were produced by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Office of Public Information, a department
which was overseen by the Deputy Director of Administration and was composed primarily of the Public Information Director
and the Assistant Public Information Director. In the year 1973, Charles M. Weisenberg was the Public Information Director
and Sheldon E. Erlich was the Assistant Public Information Director. In the years 1974 through 1975 Philippa Calnan was the
Public Information Director, Nancy Reid was her secretary, and Louis Arnoff was the Assistant Public Information Director.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of 2 boxes (2.5 linear feet) of records including magazine and newspaper clippings, press releases
both rough and final drafts, staff newsletters, event invitations, installation photographs, and correspondence in the form
of departmental memoranda, type written letters, and telegraphs primarily to and from the Public Information Director regarding
exhibitions which showed from 1973-1974. The exhibition files from the Office of Public Information cover the following exhibitions:
African Textiles and Decorative Arts,
American Narrative Painting,
American Paintings In Los Angeles Collections,
Campbell Collection of Decorative Arts, Fabric and Fashion: Twenty Years of Costume Council Gifts,
Gustave Moreau Exhibition,
Helena Hernmarck Tapestries Exhibition,
Imperial Faberge Easter Egg,
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings from the U.S.S.R.,
Impressionists and the Salon, 1874-1886,
L.A. Six, Part I and Part II,
Max Bill Exhibition,
Miniature Paintings and Other Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney III,
Monumental Silver from the Gilbert Collection,
Selections from Cirrus Editions Ltd.,
Studies in Connoisseurship: The Sackler Collection of Chinese Paintings,
The Art of the Japanese Sword,
The Greek Vase, and
The Wells Collection: Shakespeare Service. Each exhibition's number is also indicated in the container list.
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment only through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research
Library. Telephone 323-857-6118 or email library@lacma.org.
Arrangement note
This collection was kept in its original order and folder titles were not changed (mispellings, however were corrected). The
contents within each folder are roughly in reverse chronological order.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the Balch Research Library at 323-856-6118 or library@lacma.org for information on publishing or reproducing materials
included in these records. Permission will be granted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as the owner of the physical
materials, and does not imply permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all
necessary permissions from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation note
[Description of item], Office of Public Information records, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library,
PUB.001.001.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. -- Exhibitions
Art Museums -- California -- Los Angeles -- Exhibitions
Impressionists and the Salon, 1874-1886. EX.184.
1974
Box 1, Folder 1
Impressionists & the Salon General `74
1974
Gustave Moreau Exhibition. EX.1491.
1974
Box 1, Folder 2
Gustave Moreau - Clippings/Archives
1974
Box 1, Folder 3
Gustave Moreau - Correspondence
1974
Box 1, Folder 4
Moreau - Press Releases - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 5
Gustave Moreau - Catalog - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 6
Moreau -- TV and Radio
1974
Box 1, Folder 7
Gustave Moreau - Photos - 1974
1974
American Narrative Painting. EX.1495.
1974
Box 1, Folder 8
AM. Narrative PGT. - Archives - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 9
American Narrative Painting - 1974 - Correspondence
1974
Box 1, Folder 10
AM. Narrative PTG. - Catalog - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 11
AM. Narrative PTG. - Press Releases
1974
Box 1, Folder 12
AM. Narrative PTG. - Radio & TV
1974
Box 1, Folder 13
AM. Narrative PTG. - Photos - 1974
1974
Helena Hernmarck Tapestries Exhibition. EX.1498.
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 14
Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck - `74
1974
Miniature Paintings and Other Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney III.
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 15
Turkish Miniatures - Binney - Aug. 74
1974
Studies in Connoisseurship: The Sackler Collection of Chinese Paintings. EX.1494.
1974
Box 1, Folder 16
Chinese PTG. - Sackler Coll. - 1974
1973-1974
The Art of the Japanese Sword. EX.1489.
1974
Box 1, Folder 17
The Japanese Sword 1974
1974-1978
The Greek Vase. EX.1484A.
1974
Max Bill Exhibition. EX.1499.
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 19
Max Bill - Archives - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 20
Max Bill - Correspondence - 1974
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 21
Max Bill - Photographs - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 22
Max Bill - Press Releases - 1974
1974
Box 1, Folder 23
Max Bill - TV and Radio - 1974
1974
Selections from Cirrus Editions Ltd. EX.1496.
1974-1975
Box 1, Folder 24
Selections from Cirrus -- 1974
1974-1978
Monumental Silver from the Gilbert Collection. EX.1477.
1974
Box 1, Folder 25
Monumental Silver - Gilbert Collection
1974
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings from the U.S.S.R. EX.1455.
1973
Box 1, Folder 26
Russian Photo Files - 1973
Box 1, Folder 27-28
Russian Art - Press Rel/Memos 1973
1973
Box 1, Folder 29
Russian Exhibition - Radio/TV - 1973
1973
The Wells Collection: Shakespeare Service. EX.1464.
1973
Box 2, Folder 1
Wells Collection English PORC.
1973-1978
African Textiles and Decorative Arts. EX.1447.
1973
Box 2, Folder 2
African Show-Clippings & Background `73
1972-1973
Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence - African Show 1973
1972-1973
Box 2, Folder 4
Internal Memos--African Show 1973
1972-1973
Box 2, Folder 5
African Textiles - Radio/TV - 1973
1973
Box 2, Folder 6
Photographs - African Show 1973
1973
Box 2, Folder 7
African Exhibition - Special Events 1973
1973
Box 2, Folder 8
African Textiles - Zachary Productions `73
1973
Box 2, Folder 9
African Art - 1973 - Press Releases
1973
L.A. Six, Part I and Part II. EX.1490.
1974
Box 2, Folder 10
L.A. 6: Summer `74 - Photos
Impressionists and the Salon, 1874-1886. EX.1484.
1974
Box 2, Folder 12
Impress. & the Salon - Press Rels/Memos
1974
Box 2, Folder 13
Impress. & the Salon - Catalog - 1974
1974
Box 2, Folder 14
Impressionist & the Salon -PTG Photos
Bulk, 1974
1974-1978
Box 2, Folder 15
Color Separations - Impressionist and the Salon
American Paintings In Los Angeles Collections. EX.1485.
1974
Box 2, Folder 16
AM. Paintings from L.A. Collections
Bulk, 1974
1974-1978
Fabric and Fashion: Twenty Years of Costume Council Gifts
1974
Box 2, Folder 17
Costume Council Acquisitions
Bulk, 1974
1974-1978
Box 2, Folder 18
Cost. Council Acquisitions - 1974 -- Promos
1974
Campbell Collection of Decorative Arts. EX.1486.
1974
Box 2, Folder 20
Campbell Collecton - Clippings - 1974
1974
Box 2, Folder 21
Campbell Collection - Correspondence - '74
1973-1975
Box 2, Folder 22
Campbell Collection - Background - 1974
1973-1974
Box 2, Folder 23
Campbell Collection - Photos - 1974
Bulk, 1974
1974-1978
Box 2, Folder 24
Campbell Collection - Press Rels/Memos
1974
Box 2, Folder 25
Campbell Collection - Radio/TV - 1974
1974
Faberge Easter Egg - "Cuckoo Egg".
1974
