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Institutional Archives, Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Phone: (310) 440-7390
Fax: (310) 440-7780
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Collections with online items: 22
Physical collections: 65
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Art Works: Behind the Scenes at the Getty production materials

The records date from 1995 to 1998 and primarily comprise audiovisual and production materials generated by the Getty film project Art Works: Behind the Scenes at the Getty (1997). Materials comprise film reels, tapes, contracts, daily logs, storyboards, and other...

 
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Besser (Howard) Museum Educational Site Licensing Project papers

Papers consist of reports, printed matter, correspondence, letters, memoranda, notes, surveys, agenda, minutes, legal documents, and photographs, 1983, 1992-1999 and undated (bulk 1996-1998), created and used by Howard Besser, Principal Investigator and other participants in the Museum Educational Site Licensing...

 
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Getty Art History Information Program, Interviews regarding the study of art history

The records comprise interviews that were conducted by the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP) and Brown University's Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS) in 1986 and 1988. The interviews consist of discussions with experts and researchers in...

 
Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Dobbs (Stephen M.) records

The records comprise the correspondence and subject files of Stephen M. Dobbs, Senior Program Officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts(GCEA), from 1987 to 1989. The records provide insight into the programs of the GCEA and its...

 
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities records of facilities at 401 Wilshire

The collection comprises architectural records, photographs, and ephemera documenting the development of the facilities and activities of the Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (GCHAH) of the J. Paul Getty Trust at 401 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa...

 
Getty Conservation Institute. Abomey Project Records, 1845-2000 and undated (bulk 1994-1997)

The records consist of administrative records, project field materials, project reports, and conference-, publication-, and exhibition-related materials all concerning the Getty Conservation Institute's field project for the conservation of the bas-reliefs of the Royal Palaces of Abomey in the Republic...

 
Getty Conservation Institute, Field Projects Division, RecorDIM project records

Records comprise reports, meeting materials and handouts, correspondence and memoranda, budgets, contracts, publication development and design material, images, audiocassettes, and ARIS workshop materials, dating 1994-2009 and undated, created and maintained by the Field Projects Division of the Getty Conservation Institute....

Getty Conservation Institute Maya Initiative records, 1972-2016, undated (bulk 1996-2016)

The Maya Initiative records date from 1972 to 2016, undated (bulk 1996-2016) and primarily document the Getty Conservation Institute's collaborations with the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia (IHAH) of Honduras to develop a conservation strategy for the Hieroglyphic Stairway...

 
Getty Conservation Institute, Orpheus Mosaic (Paphos, Cyprus) project files and training program records

Dating from 1986-1993, materials comprise project files relating to the conservation of the third-century Orpheus Mosaic in Paphos, Cyprus by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI). Also included are records detailing the organization and implementation of training programs (focused on the...

 
Getty Conservation Institute Training Manuals

The records comprise training manuals created by the Getty Conservation Institute, dating from 1985 to 2001. The materials were distributed at workshops and conferences to help professionals in the conservation of paintings, photographs, rock art, architecture, mosaics, and cultural heritage...

Getty Education Institute, Art Education History Archives Project, 1998-1999

The records consist of a Getty Education Institute sponsored program to video-record interviews with leading art educators of the 1980s and 1990s. The resulting 45 VHS cassette recordings and transcriptions produced during 1998 and 1999, document the ideas and programs...

 
Getty Education Institute for the Arts, event and publication images

Records consist of black-and-white and color photographs, color slides, black-and-white and color negatives, forms, and letters, 1985-1997, created for and used by the Getty Education Institute (GEI), and housed in the Slide Library. The images depict conferences and seminars organized...

 
Getty Education Institute for the Arts publications

Collection contains copies of publications of the Getty Education Institute, formerly known as the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, dating from the 1980s to 2003. The materials include published books, booklets, and video recordings; general unpublished video recordings...

 
Getty Education Institute grant files

The records, created and/or maintained by Program Officer Vicki Rosenberg, concern the grantmaking activities of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts (GEI) from the mid-1980s until 2001. Rosenberg's files thoroughly cover the full range of GEI grant making activites,...

Getty Foundation, reports submitted by recipients of conservation grants

The records consist entirely of final and annual progress reports made up of correspondence, reports, surveys, architectural drawings, publications, specifications, print and slide photographic documentation, CD-ROMs, video, and floppy diskettes, dating 1986-2011, submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of...

 
Getty Information Institute, Departments of Scholarly Coordination, Issues and Policy, Network Initiatives, and Special Project records

The materials comprise records created by the Scholarly Coordination, Issues and Policy, Network Initiatives, and Special Projects departments of the Getty Information Institute (GII) and its predecessor, the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP), dating 1978-1999 (bulk 1982-1998). The records...

 
Getty Information Institute, Standards and Research Projects Program records

Materials comprise the records of the Standards and Research Projects Program (1993-1998) and its predecessors the Scholarly Information Development Program (1983-1990) and the Information Standards and Services Program (1990-1993), which were departments within the Getty Information Institute (GII) and its...

 
Getty (J. Paul) and Ashby sisters papers

Records consist of personal correspondence and telegrams, clippings, a book, and photographs, 1926-1992 and undated, related to J. Paul Getty, Allene Ashby (Getty's second wife), and Belene Ashby. The records provide some information on the relationship between Getty and Allene,...

 
Getty (J. Paul) Art and real estate holding companies records

Records include correspondence, memoranda, letters, agenda, minutes, reports, financial documents, legal documents, photographs, and maps related to J. Paul Getty and his art and real estate holding companies (Art Properties, Inc.; Fine Arts Corporation; Gaiola Corporation), 1939, 1960-1982 and undated....

 
Getty (J. Paul) assorted building plans

Records consist of blueprints, architectural drawings, a photograph, and a manuscript, 1906, 1941-1967 and undated, that depict and describe buildings having some relationship to J. Paul Getty, the Getty family and Getty businesses.

 
Getty (J. Paul) collected photographs and postcards of Los Angeles and vicinity

This collection primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of early California (1857-1940s). J. Paul Getty collected these images; they reflect his interest in Los Angeles and the coastal region of Santa Monica and Malibu, where he spent much of his life. The...

 
Getty (J. Paul) collected photographs of San Francisco

Records consist of 36 black-and-white photographs of San Francisco, California, 1888, 1890, 1905-1906, collected by J. Paul Getty. The photographs document the city before and after the 1906 earthquake.

Getty (J. Paul) diaries

The collection comprises twenty-nine handwritten diaries (1938-1946, 1948-1976) of billionaire J. Paul Getty. The diaries focus on his travels, business dealings, art collecting, and interests, providing insights into his personality, priorities, politics, relationships, tastes, and values. They contain daily accounts...

 
Getty (J. Paul) family collected papers, circa 1880s-1989, undated

The collection comprises collected materials related to art collector and oil tycoon J. Paul Getty and his parents, George F. Getty I and Sarah C. Getty. The collected papers on J. Paul Getty include some of his personal and business...

 
Getty (J Paul) Ranch House records

Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, legal documents, brochures, clippings, architectural drawings, and photographs, 1921, 1945-1960s, 1975-1976, 1980s, 1999-2007 and undated, that describe the history of, and planned and executed alterations and additions to, J. Paul Getty's Ranch House in...

Getty Research Institute African American Art History Initiative Oral Histories, 2018-2022

The records comprise oral histories conducted with postwar African American artists under the auspices of the Getty Research Institute's African American Art History Initiative. Records date from 2018 to 2022 and will accrue over the duration of the Initiative. Records...

Getty Research Institute California Video exhibition project files and oral history recordings, 2006-2008

The records comprise the project files of the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art (DACA) at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) for the exhibition co-sponsored by the GRI and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Records include artist interviews conducted by...

 
Getty Research Institute. Cool School Oral History recordings, 2005-2006

Cool School Oral History interviews, 2005-2006 consist of interviews conducted for the 2007 documentary by Morgan Neville, The Cool School, about the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles from 1957-1966.

 
Getty Research Institute Exhibition images, 1985-2008, undated

The records comprise written documentation and photographs documenting the exhibitions of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Getty Research Institute dating from 1985 to 2008, undated. Materials include black-and-white and color photographic prints,...

Getty Research Institute Interviews Regarding Harald Szeemann, 2016-2017

The records comprise oral histories conducted with artists and curators about the Swiss curator Harald Szeemann, whose archive is in the Special Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Records date from 2016 to 2017 and include digital video interviews as...

 
Getty Research Institute, Lanzarotta (Steve) records

These records were created and maintained by Steve Lanzarotta during his employment with the Getty Research Institute (GRI) and its predecessors, the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Getty Center for the History...

 
Getty Research Institute Librarian Anne-Mieke Halbrook Records, 1973-1992, undated

Records comprise correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes and other administrative files dating from 1971 to 2000 pertaining to the work of Anne-Mieke Halbrook, Chief Librarian. The records provide insight to the administrative and resource development of the library at the Getty...

Getty Research Institute. Modern Art in Los Angeles Recordings

Materials principally comprise audiovisual recordings of oral history interviews, public conversations, and lectures dating 2003-2011, generated by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through its Modern Art in Los Angeles initiative. Materials also include supporting documentation for the initiative, including interview...

Getty Research Institute Poetry Initiatives Records, 1997-2005, undated

The records comprise paper and electronic project files documenting various poetry initiatives sponsored by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) dating from 1997 to 2005 such as Poetry in Motion® L.A as well as GRI-commissioned poems related to the Scholars Program....

Getty Research Institute public event records and recordings

The materials consist of audio recordings, video recordings, images, planning materials and ephemera that document public events sponsored by the Getty Research Institute from 1998 to 2020. The materials include audiocassettes and born-digital files. The events include lectures, discussions, film...

Getty Research Institute, Scholars Program images and recordings

The collection consists of digitized and analog audio recordings, video recordings, and photographs of the people and events related to the Scholars Program at the Getty Research Institute. The materials date 1985-2013 and include recordings and photographs of lectures, panel...

 
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Hewins (Ralph) collected papers for biography of Getty (J. Paul)

The collection comprises material created or collected by Ralph Hewins in the course of researching and writing the biography The Richest American: J. Paul Getty (1960). The material dates from around the 1890s to 1973 and includes correspondence that discusses...

 
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Irwin (Robert), Getty Center Central Garden design plans

Dating from approximately 1992 to 1996, materials comprise drawings, presentation boards, and a landscape study model generated as part of the design process for the Central Garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Artist Robert Irwin conceived of the...

 
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J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Education and Academic Affairs records

Records consist of memoranda, correspondence, reports, handouts, meeting notes, exhibit designs and related materials, public announcements, policy guidelines, visitor responses, educational materials, photographic materials, contracts, and publicity concerning the activities of the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Education and...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Manuscripts Original Enclosures Study Collection, 1983-2005

This collection comprises twenty-nine enclosures of varying size and design which originally housed objects from the J. Paul Getty Museum's Department of Manuscripts at the time of acquisition. Twenty-two enclosures contained objects from the Ludwig Catalogue, purchased in 1983, while...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum, Department of Manuscripts, photographs of unpacking the Ludwig collection

Records comprise photographs, and photocopies of the photographs, of the opening and unpacking of the Ludwig Collection of illuminated manuscripts purchased by the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983.

 
J. Paul Getty Museum Exhibition Design records

Records consist of design plans, gallery and promotional graphics, material samples, slides, photographs, and administrative materials created and maintained by the J. Paul Getty Museum's Exhibition Design Department, dating from 1991 through 2006 (bulk 1997-2005). The records include exhibition planning...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum exhibition photographs

The records comprise written documentation and photographs documenting the exhibitions of the J. Paul Getty Museum from the early 1980s to 2004. Materials include black-and-white and color photographic prints, slides, negatives, transparencies, and digital images (TIFFs).

J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Center Public Event Recordings, 1998-2018, undated

This collection consists of audiovisual recordings of public programming events sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum that were held at the Getty Center campus from 1998 to 2018. One event is undated. Events comprise lectures, conversations, panel discussions, symposia,...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa construction records

Correspondence, reports from the architects and builders, legal and financial documents, blueprints and models, photos, printed matter and oral histories, dating 1960, 1964, 1968-1986, undated (bulk 1971-1974) concern the design and construction of the J. Paul Getty Museum (Villa).

J. Paul Getty Museum Getty Villa Public Event Recordings, 2006-2018

This collection consists of audiovisual recordings and ephemera of public programming events sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum that were held at the Getty Villa campus from 2006 to 2018. Events comprise lectures, conversations, panel discussions, symposia, seminars, colloquia,...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum guest scholar and conservator files

The records comprise files relating to J. Paul Getty Museum guest scholars, visiting conservators and general program files, dating 1978-1996, in addition to photograph albums dating 1979-2005. Files include general and personal information regarding visitors as well as information and...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum, library inventory and accession records

The records comprise inventories, lists, and accession records from the museum and library, listing J. Paul Getty's personal books and furniture in the museum, reference books in the library, and books purchased for the library of the J. Paul Getty...

 
J. Paul Getty Museum Public Programs Performing Arts Recordings and Ephemera, 1998-2018

The records comprise audiovisual recordings of performances sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum Public Programs department at the Getty Center and Getty Villa between 1998 and 2018, and documentation of the events from 1998 to 2013. Events include presentations...

 
J. Paul Getty Trust Documentation of the Installation of Taste at the Restaurant at the Getty Center

Records document the 1997 creation and execution of Taste, Alexis Smith's permanent mixed-media installation for the Restaurant at the Getty Center. Materials comprise 35mm color slides; 4 x 5 inch color transparencies; 4 x 5 inch color and black-and-white negatives;...

 
J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Center site planning and construction photographs

Records comprise photographic prints, snapshots, contact sheets, slides, and negatives, dating 1947-1997 (bulk 1984-1997), that were created and maintained by the J. Paul Getty Trust Building Program. Images document the planning and building of the Getty Center in Brentwood, California...

J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Oral History Program Interviews Overseen/Conducted by Martin Meeker, University of California, Berkeley, 2015-ongoing

Records currently consist of printed transcripts and flash drives containing Word, PDF, MP3 and MP4, wav, and raw video files, dating 2015-2018, of the oral histories created as a part of the new 2015- Getty Oral History Program initiated by...

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

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...

J. Paul Getty Trust Oral History Transcripts, 1999-2009

Records comprise the final transcripts and three videos of oral histories conducted with Getty staff, trustees, and associates by Oral Historian Eric Abrahamson between 1999 and 2010.

J. Paul Getty Trust Press Clippings

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...

J. Paul Getty Trust Press Releases and Public Outreach Materials

The records comprise press releases, event calendars, magazines published by the Getty, presentations to the press and public, and other materials created and disseminated by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1954-1959 and 1973-2022 (bulk...

 
J. Paul Getty Trust, Publications records

These records were generated by the J. Paul Getty Trust Publications offices and departments and its related Editorial Committee during the course of day-to-day operations. The records comprise correspondence, memoranda, publishing proposals, budget information (including information from the J. Paul...

 
J. Paul Getty Trust, Records and Archives administrative records

The records reflect the early development of the records management and archives policies and practices for the emerging J. Paul Getty Trust. The records date from 1980 to 1990 and include reports and recommendations of archival consultant, Nicholas Olsberg as...

 
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L.A. as Subject records, 1989-2000 (bulk 1995-2000)

Records include development and background files for the L.A. as Subject program and directory created by Karen Stokes, the project manager for the organization at the Getty Research Institute, dating from 1989-2000 (bulk 1995-2000). Records document the development of Cultural...

 
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Machado and Silvetti Associates, Inc., Getty Villa renovation design records

The records comprise architectural drawings and renderings, models, design research materials, construction administration records, photographs, and electronic files documenting the design and construction of the Getty Villa and Ranch House renovation from 1994-2004. The records were created by Machado and...

 
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Overdrive: L.A. constructs the future, 1940-1990 exhibition oral history interviews

The resource comprises eight unedited videorecordings (with corresponding transcripts) of oral history interviews conducted with prominent Los Angeles architects from 2011 to 2012 as part of the Getty Research Institute's exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990. The exhibition examined...

 
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Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. Recordings, 2008-2012

The collection principally comprises recordings produced from 2008 through 2012 as part of the project. Project participants, including the Getty itself, conducted an extensive series of oral histories with many of Los Angeles' key artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and critics,...

Program for Art on Film records

Records include correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, minutes, financial and legal documents, films, CD-ROMs, slides, and ephemera produced and collected by the Program for Art on Film, 1951-1999 and undated. Included in the collection are records created and collected by the...

 
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Shulman (Julius) Getty Villa photographs

This collection comprises photographs by Julius Shulman and Jürgen Nogai of the expanded and renovated Getty Villa, taken during May and June, 2006. Forty-five (45) black and white and sixty-six (66) color 8 x 10 inch photographic prints constitute the...

 
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Tomb of Nefertari project records

The Tomb of Nefertari project records date from 1984 to 1996, 2005, and undated and consist of files from the Getty Conservation Institute's (GCI) collaboration with the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (EAO), renamed the Supreme Council of Antiquities in 1994, to...