Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Kingsley Art Club records
- Dates:
- 1892-2018, bulk 1970-2017
- Creators:
- Kingsley Art Club
- Abstract:
- The Kingsley Art Club records consists of 10 linear feet of administrative records, newsletters, scrapbooks and exhibition information. The collection is arranged into five series: Series 1. Administrative records, Series 2. Annual art show exhibitions, Series 3. Scrapbooks, Series 4. Photographs, Series 5. Art Club trips.
- Extent:
- 10 linear feet 17 boxes
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identifcation of item], Kingsley Art Club records, MS 0017, Center for Sacramento History.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Kingsley Art Club records consists of 10 linear feet of administrative records, newsletters, scrapbooks and exhibition information. The collection is arranged into five series: Series 1. Administrative records, Series 2. Annual art show exhibitions, Series 3. Scrapbooks, Series 4. Photographs, Series 5. Art Club trips.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Kingsley Art Club, the oldest art club in the American West, was formed in March 1892 to create a deeper enthusiasm and appreciation for art in the community. It was named in honor of Mr. Elbridge Kingsley, the famous New England painter-engraver and with the inspiration of the gift of the Crocker Art Gallery by Mrs. E. B. Crocker to the City of Sacramento containing a large number of very valuable and original “Old Masters” paintings. Each year the Kingsley Art Club in cooperation with the Crocker Art Museum organizes a juried competitive exhibition open to all artists in Northern and Central California for the continued encouragement of art throughout the Sacramento community.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated by the Kingsley Art Club to the Center for Sacramento History between 1992-2018 (accessions #1992/053, 2000/074, 2001/072, 2018/006).
- Processing information:
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The collection was processed and finding aid created by Ruth Craft in 2010. The finding aid was updated with additions from accessions #1992/053 and 2018/006 by Sean Heyliger in 2019.
- Arrangement:
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Series 1. Administrative records Series 2. Annual art show exhibitions Series 3. Scrapbooks Series 4. Photographs Series 5. Art Club trips
- Physical location:
- SP 29B1, 29C5, 29C3, 4E3, 4F1-Cabinet J, 4E1-Cabinet J, 4G1-Cabinet J, Negatives-92/53-008-026, 031, 035, 149-157
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Sean Heyliger. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: May 29, 2019.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identifcation of item], Kingsley Art Club records, MS 0017, Center for Sacramento History.
- Location of this collection:
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551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.Sacramento, CA 95811, US
- Contact:
- (916) 808-7072