J. Paul Getty Trust Inventory of Getty Publications, 1954-2012 and undated, 1954-2012

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Summary

Title:
Inventory of Getty publications
Dates:
1954-2012
Creators:
J. Paul Getty Trust
Abstract:
The materials include publications issued by the J. Paul Getty Trust or Getty Publications, including titles published by, or on behalf of, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, the Getty Research Institute, the Project for Art on Film, the Getty Art History Information Program, the Getty Information Institute, and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, dating from 1954 to 2012. The materials include museum guides, exhibition catalogues, art books, information on the conservation of art and historical sites, conference notes, J. Paul Getty Trust annual reports, art history resource guides, and material related to arts in education.
Extent:
69.0 linear feet (100 boxes)
Language:
Collection material is in English
Preferred citation:

[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], Inventory of Publications, 1954-2012, The J. Paul Getty Trust. The Getty Research Institute (IA10020).

Background

Scope and content:

The materials comprise publications, dating from 1954 to 2012, issued by the J. Paul Getty Trust or Getty Publications. Materials were published by or on behalf of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Getty Research Institute, the Project for Art on Film, the Getty Art History Information Program and Getty Information Institute, and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The materials include museum guides, exhibition catalogues, art books, information on the conservation of art and historical sites, conference notes, J. Paul Getty Trust annual reports, art history resource guides, and material related to arts in education.

The J. Paul Getty Museum publications contain museum guides, issues of the museum journal, exhibition catalogues and art books. The publications from the Getty Conservation Institute contain reports on conservation projects and processes. Publications from the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Getty Research Institute contain J. Paul Getty Trust reports and arts books. The Getty Art History Information Program and Getty Information Institute publications contain information about art and technology and art reference books. The publications from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts contain conference and seminar proceedings and information on the role art plays in education and how to enhance this role.

These materials represent publications that have been donated or transferred to the Institutional Archives periodically over the years. There are gaps in the holdings; this is not a comprehensive collection of Getty publications.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into six series:

Series I. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1954-2012, undated;

Series II. Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), 1974-2012;

Series III. Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (GCHAH) and Getty Research Institute (GRI), 1985-2012, undated;

Series IV. Project for Art on Film, 1993;

Series V. Getty Art History Information Program and Getty Information Institute, 1984-1999, undated;

Series VI. Getty Center for Education in the Arts (GCEA), 1984-2003, undated;

Series VII. Other, 1997, 1998, 2001.

Biographical / historical:

The J. Paul Getty Trust is a not-for-profit institution, educational in purpose and character, that focuses on the visual arts in all of their dimensions. As of 2013 the Trust supports and oversees four programs: the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Foundation, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute. The J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programs serve a varied audience from two locations: the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa near Malibu, California.

The origins of the J. Paul Getty Trust 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 near Malibu, the museum moved to the newly-constructed Getty Villa in 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 areas of scholarship, conservation, and education. This took the shape of new programs including the Center for the History of Arts and Humanities, Art History Information Institute, Conservation Institute, and Center for Education in the Arts, as well as smaller programs such as the Museum Management Institute and the Program for Art on Film. In 1983 the Trust's 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.

Due to expanded operations and limited space at the original J. Paul Getty Museum in Pacific Palisades, near Malibu, the various programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust were located at different sites throughout the Los Angeles basin during the 1980s and early 1990s. The Trust's vision was to bring together most of their programs at a single site. A roughly 750-acre property in Brentwood (west Los Angeles) was purchased by the Trust in 1983 and the Getty Center was built to house the Trust, its newly created programs, and an additional space for the Museum. While the Getty's collection of antiquities remained at the Villa, the rest of the collections were moved to the new and much larger facility at the Center.

The Publications office / department was originally established as part of the Museum and is frequently referred to as "Getty Publications." With the founding of the Trust in 1983, the Publications department became responsible for the publications produced by the J. Paul Getty Trust and its operating programs. Since then Publications has undergone considerable restructuring. Over the years the administration of the Publications department has shifted back and forth several times between the Museum and the Trust, and at times there have been separate publications departments within various Getty programs. In recent years Publications' primary focus has been the editing, design, production, and marketing of exhibition catalogs and books for the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Conservation Institute, and Getty Research Institute, including books on art, photography, art history, and children's literature. Historically Publications has also produced a wider variety of materials, including Trust reports and ephemera such as event invitations, newsletters, informational brochures, site and gallery maps, and other visitor handouts.

Acquisition information:
The materials described in this finding aid originated in accessions 1987.IA.04, 2005.IA.16, 2006.IA.01, 2007.IA.01, 2008.IA.01, 2009.IA.01, 2010.IA.01, 2011.IA.01, and 2012.IA.01. The materials were transferred periodically from Getty Publications to the Institutional Archives.
Processing information:

An inventory of the materials was created and updated by various IRA staff in the early 2000s and updated by Kyle Morgan in 2009. Additional materials were processed and a finding aid was created by Zoe MacLeod in 2011. Additional materials were processed by Simon Yu and Hilary Henkin, 2012-2013.

Physical location:
To access physical materials at the Getty, go to the library catalog record for this collection and click "Request an Item." Click here for general library access policy. See the Administrative Information section of this finding aid for access restrictions specific to the records described below. Please note, some of the records may be stored off site; advanced notice is required for access to these materials.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod and Hilary Henkin
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-10-21T14:38-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

The records described in accessions 1987.IA.04, 2005.IA.16, 2006.IA.01, 2007.IA.01, 2008.IA.01, 2009.IA.01, 2010.IA.01, 2011.IA.01, and 2012.IA.01 are available for use by qualified researchers.

The following types of 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.

Terms of access:

Contact Library Rights and Reproductions at the Getty Research Institute for copyright information and permission to publish.

Preferred citation:

[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], Inventory of Publications, 1954-2012, The J. Paul Getty Trust. The Getty Research Institute (IA10020).

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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