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Title: Martha Padve papers
Collection number: 1584
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 linear ft.
(8 boxes.)
Date: 1965-1988
Abstract: Martha Padve was involved in the Southern California art community as a trustee of the Pasadena Art Museum (1967-74), co-chairman
for the building fund for the Norton Simon Museum of Art (1968-70), chairman of the Pasadena Planning Commission (1973-81),
developer of the education program at the Museum of Contemporary Art (1984-86), funding chairman for the Southern California
Fellows of Contemporary Art (1976-78) and a member of the advisory committee for the University of Southern California Art
Galleries (1976-82). The collection consists of personal papers related to Padve's involvement in the Pasadena Art Museum
and the local Southern California art community.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Padve, Martha
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martha Padve, 1989.
[Identification of item], Martha Padve Papers (Collection 1584). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Padve was born in Scobey, Montana, as Martha Bertonneau; she married and later divorced Jacob Padve; trustee, Pasadena Art
Museum, 1967-74; co-chairman, building fund, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 1968-70; chairman, Pasadena Planning
Commission, 1973-81; member, Pasadena Downtown Urban Design Plan, 1980-83; developer, education program, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles, 1984-86; funding chairman, Southern California Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1976-78; member, advisory committee,
University of Southern California Art Galleries, 1976-82.
Collection consists of personal papers related to Padve's involvement in the Pasadena Art Museum (later renamed the Norton
Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena) and the local Southern California art community. Includes materials related to Padve's tenure
as a trustee (1967-74) of the Pasadena Art Museum. Also includes 3 cassette tape recordings of discussions and a critique
of the Ed Moses exhibition (August 1976).
The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
- Pasadena Art Museum: Martha Bertonneau Padve [oral history transcript] / Martha Bertonneau Padve, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1990. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- Interview of Martha Bertonneau Padve
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2470461
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Padve, Martha--Archives.
Pasadena Art Museum.
Art consultants--California--Pasadena--Archival resources.
Museum trustees--California--Pasadena--Archival resources.