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Title: J. Paul Getty Trust press clippings
Date (inclusive): 1954-2022undated
Number: IA30017
Creator/Collector:
J. Paul Getty Museum. Department of
Public Information and Visitor Services
Creator/Collector:
J. Paul Getty Trust. Communications
Department
Creator/Collector:
J. Paul Getty Trust.
Public Affairs Department
Physical Description:
82.37 Linear Feet
(97 boxes, 3 flatfiles)
Physical Description:
3.74 GB
(2,603 files)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Institutional Records and Archives
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The records
comprise press clippings about the J. Paul Getty Trust, J. Paul Getty Museum, other
trust programs, and Getty family and associates, 1954-2022 (bulk 1983-2022) and undated.
The records contain analog and digital files and document the extent to which the Getty
was covered by various news and media outlets.
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Language: Collection material is in English.
The J. Paul Getty Trust's origins 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 in Malibu,
the museum moved to the newly constructed 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. Out of this
resolve grew an expanded commitment to the arts in the general areas of scholarship,
conservation, and education. This took the shape of new programs including the Center
for the History of Arts and Humanities (GCHAH), Art History Information Program (AHIP),
Conservation Institute (GCI), Grant Program, and Center for Education in the Arts
(GCEA). Smaller programs include the Museum Management Institute (MMI), a joint venture
with the Art Museum Association of America, and the Program for Art on Film, a joint
venture with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1983 the trust's corporate name was
changed from the J. Paul Getty Museum to the J. Paul Getty Trust to reflect its broader
scope, with the museum becoming an operating program of the trust. On December 16, 1997,
the Getty Center, a new unified facility housing all Getty programs, was opened in
Brentwood, CA.
As the trust matured, several of the programs underwent administrative and functional
reorganizations resulting in name changes or dissolutions. AHIP's name was changed to
the Getty Information Institute (GII) in 1996 as part of a new identity program
instituted by the trust just prior to occupancy of their new unified facility. The GII
was dissolved in 1999 and many of its functions were absorbed by the Getty Research
Institute (GRI). To avoid confusion with the soon-to-open Getty Center in Brentwood,
GCHAH was renamed the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
in 1996. Three years later the program's name was shortened to the Getty Research
Institute (GRI). The Getty Center for Education in the Arts (GCEA) changed its name to
the Getty Education Institute for the Arts (GEI) in 1996, and was disbanded in 1998. In
1996 the Program for Art on Film was transferred to the Pratt Institute and the trust
ended its affiliation with the program. The Getty Leadership Institute (GLI) was created
in 1996 to administer museum executive education programs, including the Museum
Management Institute (MMI). Administration of GLI programs was transferred to the
Claremont Graduate University in 2010. The Grant Program changed its name to the
Foundation in January 2005.
Prior to 1983, press clippings were predominantly collected by Stephen Garrett, the
architectural consultant for the design and construction of the Getty Villa, and museum
director. Press clippings were also collected by other individuals within the J. Paul
Getty Museum. In 1983 the Department of Public Affairs was created to manage
communciations functions, including the centralized collection and dissemiantion of
press clippings, on behalf of the J. Paul Getty Trust and its newly-created programs.
The department name was changed from the Department of Public Affairs to the
Communications Department in 2000.
In 2014 clippings began to be collected digitally, and compiled, published, and
disseminated daily to selected Getty staff via email. Press clip books for selected
initiatives and exhibitions continued to to be published in hardcopy format.
All records described in this finding aid are available for use by qualified
researchers.
The following 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.
Contact
Rights and Reproductions at the Getty
Research Institute for copyright information and permission to publish.
J. Paul Getty Trust Press clippings, 1954-2022, undated (bulk 1983-2022). J. Paul
Getty Trust. Institutional Records and Archives. The Getty Research Institute, Los
Angeles, IA30017.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifaia30017
The materials in this finding aid originated in accessions 1986.IA.01, 1988.IA.01,
1993.IA.02, 2001.IA.02, 2001.IA.08, 2003.IA.02, 2007.IA.11, 2008.IA.27,2008.IA.48,
2009.IA.31,2010.IA.22, 2013.IA.66, 2014.IA.16, 2015.IA.03, 2015.IA.04, 2015.IA.06,
2016.IA.03, 2017.IA.03, 2018.IA.03, 2019.IA.03, 2020.IA.04, 2021.IA.04, and
2022.IA.04.
Records inventoried and finding aid created by Nancy Enneking and Rebecca Fenning,
March 2007; Kyle Morgan, August 2008 and July 2009; and updated by Jennifer Thompson, October 2014 through March 2015.
Annual accruals added by Jennifer Thompson, January 2016, April 2020, January 2021, September 2022, and February
2023.
The Institutional Archives regularly receives clippings from the Trust Communications
Department. These are integrated into this guide at regular intervals.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to digital files in 2014.IA.16, 2015.IA.03, 2016.IA.03, 2017.IA.03,
2018.IA.03, 2019.IA.03, 2020.IA.04, 2021.IA.04, and 2022.IA.04 is available online
through the links provided in the inventory.
Duplicate materials were weeded to the extent possible; however, some duplication is
to be expected.
Related Archival Materials Note
The following materials are offered as possible sources of further
information on the agencies and subjects covered by the records. The listing is not
exhaustive.
Contributing Institution:
Getty Institutional Archives
J. Paul Getty Trust Press Releases and Public Outreach
Materials, 1954-1959, 1973-2020 (bulk 1983-2020). J. Paul Getty Trust Communications
Department. Getty Research Institute, Finding aid no. IA10011.
J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Public Information and
Visitor Services records, 1973-1981, 1984-1991, undated. J. Paul Getty Museum
Department of Public Affairs. Getty Research Institute, Finding aid no.
IA20007.
J. Paul Getty Trust Communications Exhibition and Programming
Publicity Development records, 1989, 1997, 2000-2010. J. Paul Getty Trust
Communciations Department. Getty Research Institute, Finding aid no.
IA20041.
J. Paul Getty Trust Communications Department images,
1981-2005 (bulk 1990-1999), undated. J. Paul Getty Trust Communications Department.
Getty Research Institute, Finding aid no. IA30003.
J. Paul Getty Trust, Communications Department audio and
video recordings, 1973-2004. J. Paul Getty Trust Communications Department. Getty
Research Institute, Finding aid no. IA30004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The press clippings reflect the publicity and coverage the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul
Getty Trust, and its programs received in various news and media outlets, 1954-2022 and
undated (bulk 1983-2022). The collection includes original, photocopied, digital (.pdf,
.mht, and .mhtml files), and microfilmed and microfiched press clippings from news
outlets primarily in the United States, but also from the United Kingdom, France,
Germany, and other countries. The press clippings dating from 1954 to 1984 were most
likely collected from various news sources by early museum staff and later by museum
director Stephen Garrett. The press clippings dating 1984-2022 were collected primarily
by the Department of Public Affairs (1983-1999), the Trust Communications department
(2000-present), and to a lesser extent the Getty Conservation Institute.
Press clipping subjects include J. Paul Getty's family and his associates, Getty's
bequest to the museum, acquisitions, events, exhibitions, governance, the Getty
programs, Getty staff and trustees, and the Getty Center and Villa, including the
opening of the Brentwood Center in 1997. All Getty programs, including those no longer
in operation, are represented in the collection.
The clippings provide a sense of the media coverage the Getty has received over the
years but it is not presumed that the set of materials is comprehensive for any given
subject or year predating 2015. The collection is expected to expand annually, but as
press clipping collection practices change it is difficult to predict where future
materials will be represented in this collection.
In 2014 Trust Communications began distributing press clippings in email digest format.
The email digest is comprised of full article text and article excerpts. Some articles
have a .pdf scan of the printed publication attached, while others contain a link to the
external online publication. The external links were functional at the time the material
was captured, however access to these publications cannot be guaranteed in the future.
Some articles contain links to the Getty website; these were functional at the time of
capture. Since the material was received in email format and then transformed into .pdf
files, each digest contains email administrative metadata such as name of recipient,
name of sender, date, and subject. In 2022 Communications began publishing and
disseminating the email digest in web format and material began to be captured as .mhtml
files; external links were functional at the time of capture.
These records are organized into four series:
Series I. Chronological files, 1954-1984, 1990-2022;
Series II. Subject files, 1955-2009, 2013-2014;
Series III. Microfilm and microfiche press clippings, 1972-1990;
Series IV. Magazines, 1967, 1975, 1978, 1984-2008, undated.
Getty Information Institute
Getty Research Institute
Getty Foundation
Getty Conservation Institute
Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Foundation. Getty Leadership Institute
Getty Education Institute for the Arts
Getty Art History Information Program
Getty Center for Education in the Arts
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
J. Paul Getty Trust
Art museum curators -- Interviews
Communication and education
Art -- Exhibitions
Art museums -- Design and construction
Art museums -- Public relations
Conservation and cultural heritage
Museums -- Acquisitions
Art museums -- Educational aspects
Art museum visitors
Art museum directors
Special events
Nonprofit organizations
Museums -- Press coverage
Clippings (information artifacts)
Calendars
Announcements
Photocopies
Periodicals
Microfilm
Interviews
Magazines (periodicals)
Microfiche
Electronic records (digital records)
J. Paul Getty Museum. Department of
Public Information and Visitor Services
J. Paul Getty Trust. Communications
Department
J. Paul Getty Trust.
Public Affairs Department