San Francisco Museum of Art Golden Gate International Exposition Records
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2015
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Title: San Francisco Museum of Art Golden Gate International Exposition Records
Dates: 1937-1941
Collection Number: ARCH.ADM.002
Creator/Collector:
San Francisco Museum of Art
Extent: 2.1 linear feet (5 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 tube)
Repository:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Related to the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco, the Golden Gate International
Exposition records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, press releases, brochures, maps, building plans, and notes documenting
the involvement of both the San Francisco Museum of Art and Dr. Grace L. McCann Morley in organizing, running, and dismantling
the GGIE. The bulk of the records relate to selecting and installing exhibitions of artworks in the Fine Arts section for
the 1939 and 1940 fairs, and the Department of the Pacific Area for the 1940 exposition.
Language of Material: English
Collection is available for use. Some materials are restricted for confidentiality or condition.
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the SFMOMA Archives.
[Identification of item], [box year and folder title], Golden Gate International Exposition, 1937-1941, Administrative Records,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Golden Gate International Exposition records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, press releases, brochures, maps,
building plans, and notes documenting the involvement of both the San Francisco Museum of Art and Dr. Grace L. McCann Morley
in organizing, running, and dismantling the GGIE. The bulk of the records relate to selecting and installing exhibitions
of artworks in the Fine Arts section for the 1939 and 1940 fairs, and the Department of the Pacific Area for the 1940 exposition.
The records also include two folders of material documenting SFMA Women’s Board member Jeannette McDuffie’s work for the exposition.
McDuffie served on the GGIE Women’s Board and on the Pacific Area Committee.
Refer to Appendix A for folder-level annotation of the collection.
Art museums and community—California—San Francisco
Art museums—Educational aspects
Women museum directors
Morley, Grace, 1900-
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940: San Francisco, Calif.)
San Francisco Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Art—Archives
San Francisco Museum of Art—Records and correspondence