Keith Davis file on artists
name: label: Creator
content: Davis, Keith
label: Names
content: Davis, Mary Mallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- Michigan -- Flint
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming in 1967 by Mary Mallery Davis and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Davis, Keith
setName: label: See more items in
content: Keith Davis file on artists
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Keith Davis file on artists dates from 1965 to 1966. The cards detail the personal art collection of Keith and Mary Mallery Davis which included works by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Charles Culver, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Epstein, Robert Henri, Brian Jackson, Morris Louis, Joan Miro, Mark Tobey, Carol Wald, and others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.daviwjk
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel D316 and was returned to Mary Mallery Davis after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel D316. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Mary Mallery Davis (1908-1989) and Keith Davis (1902-1981) were art collectors in Flint, Michigan. Concentrating in post war contemporary art, they amassed a large collection of paintings, books, ceramics, and fabrics. Upon Mary's death, she bequeathed their collection to the Flint Institute of Art.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Mrs. Mary Mallery Davis after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Keith Davis file on artists dates from 1965 to 1966. The cards detail the personal art collection of Keith and Mary Mallery Davis which included works by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Charles Culver, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Epstein, Robert Henri, Brian Jackson, Morris Louis, Joan Miro, Mark Tobey, Carol Wald, and others.