Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Related Collection(s)
Accruals
Processing Information
System of Arrangement
Scope and Contents
Indexing Terms
Title: California art gallery and museum ephemera
Date (inclusive): 1928-2011
Date (bulk): 1960-1969
Collection Identifier: ART
EPH
Physical Description:
10.0 boxes (4.5 Linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Location of Materials: Collection is stored
onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Consists of advertisements, announcements,
brochures, exhibition catalogs, invitations and posters promoting various artists
and exhibitions held at California art galleries, art museums, and college art
museums. Materials are primarily from San Francisco, the Bay Area and Los Angeles
galleries and museums; bulk of materials date from the 1960s.
Access
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Library and Archives, North
Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the
copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [File name], California Art Gallery and Museum Ephemera
Collection, California Historical Society.
Related Collection(s)
California Biography Collection
California Business Ephemera Collection
San Francisco Ephemera Collection
Kemble Z3 Ephemera Collection
Menu Collection
Theater Ephemera Collection
Accruals
Additions to the collection are ongoing.
Processing Information
Processed by Jaime Henderson in 2013.
System of Arrangement
Collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the art gallery or museum.
Scope and Contents
Consists of a variety of ephemera pertaining to California art galleries, art museums
and college art museums, mainly in San Francisco, the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The
bulk of the material dates from the 1960s, but the collection includes ephemera from
1928 to 2011. Types of art represented include painting, photography, sculpture,
ceramic and glass art, textiles and mixed media. Many 1960s-era contemporary art
galleries are represented such as Arleigh Gallery (San Francisco), Batman Gallery
(San Francisco), Dilexi Gallery (San Francisco), Dwan Gallery (Los Angeles), Ferus
Gallery (Los Angeles), John Bolles Gallery (San Francisco) and Maxwell Galleries
(San Francisco) as are the exhibition catalogs of major California museums such as
the Oakland Museum and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Types of ephemera include
advertisements, announcements, brochures, exhibition catalogs, invitations and
posters.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog:
Advertisements.
Announcements.
Art galleries, Commercial--California.
Art museums--California.
Artists.
Brochures.
California Ephemera Project.
College art museums--California.
Exhibition catalogs--California.
Invitations.
Posters.