E. B. Crocker Art Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: E.B. Crocker Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Crocker family (Sacramento, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Crocker, Edwin B., 1818-1875
label: Names
content: Crocker, Margaret, 1822-1901
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art collectors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1980 by the Crocker Art Museum and was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: E.B. Crocker Art Gallery
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content: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The E. B. Crocker Art Gallery records date from the 1850s-1970s with the bulk of the material dating from the 1880s-1950s. The collection documents the gallery's founding and history primarily until the mid-20th century, and includes biographical material on the Crocker family and gallery directors; correspondence primarily related to general inquiries; manuscript material and research notes concerning the Gallery's history; photographs of the museum, Crocker family members, and associated individuals; account books and other financial and organizational records; printed material; and scrapbooks of printed material about the gallery, associated artists, and the arts in Sacramento.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, located in Sacramento, California, is one of the oldest museums in the Western United States and is known for its collection of works from the Gold Rush era to the present day.

The gallery's collection was given to the city of Sacramento and the California Museum Association by Margaret Crocker (1822-1901) in 1885. Margaret Crocker had begun collecting paintings with her husband Judge Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875), during a trip to Europe in 1869. The Crockers ultimately made 2482 acquisitions, often of work by contemporary artists, at home and abroad.

The gallery was housed in a building adjacent to the Crockers' home, and the Crockers commissioned local architect Seth Babson to renovate the home and connect the gallery. Babson completed the renovation of the Crocker mansion and the building of the gallery in 1872. 

After several reconstructions over the intervening decades the gallery's name was changed to the Crocker Art Museum in 1978. The buildings underwent renovations in the late 1980s which restored the historic facade of the mansion and modernized the gallery interior. The gallery building is a California Historical Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California -- Sacramento
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1850s-circa 1970s
label: Date
content: bulk 1880s-1950s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ebcrocag
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels 1855-1858 after receipt and was returned to the Crocker Art Museum after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Stephanie Ashley in 2023 and the microfilm was digitized in 2023 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels 1855-1858. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals are in the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The E. B. Crocker Art Gallery records date from the 1850s-1970s with the bulk of the material dating from the 1880s-1950s. The collection documents the gallery's founding and history primarily until the mid-20th century, and includes biographical material on the Crocker family and gallery directors; correspondence primarily related to general inquiries; manuscript material and research notes concerning the Gallery's history; photographs of the museum, Crocker family members, and associated individuals; account books and other financial and organizational records; printed material; and scrapbooks of printed material about the gallery, associated artists, and the arts in Sacramento.