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Title: Kingsley Art Club records
Dates: 1892-2018
Bulk Dates: 1970-2017
Collection number: MS 0017
Creator:
Kingsley Art Club
Collection Size:
10 linear feet
17 boxes
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
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.
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
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
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.
[Identifcation of item], Kingsley Art Club records, MS 0017, Center for Sacramento History.
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).
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.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Series 1. Administrative records
Series 2. Annual art show exhibitions
Series 3. Scrapbooks
Series 4. Photographs
Series 5. Art Club trips
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Kingsley Art Club
Societies--California
Sacramento (Calif.)--History
Sacramento (Calif.)--Intellectual life