Detroit Art Loan Association records
name: label: Creator
content: Detroit Art Loan Association
label: Names
content: M. J. Jenks & Company
label: Names
content: Draper, F. A.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D8 donated 1957 by Mrs. Alexander. Material on reel D10A lent for microfilming 1959 by the Detroit Institute of Art. Material on reel 2803 donated 1959 by the Detroit Institute of Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: Detroit Art Loan Association
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Detroit Art Loan Association was established for promoting art matters, giving art exhibitions and establishing a permanent art gallery and school.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Michigan
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Items ((microfilmed on 3 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1902
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.detrart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2803, D10A and D8 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel D10A: Originals in: Detroit Institute of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A handwritten guarantee bond and a typescript of the bond; 12 volumes of scrapbooks; and 1 letter.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2803: A handwritten 50,000 dollars guarantee bond for the Detroit Art Loan Association Exhibition with 50 signatures of persons donating 1,000 dollars each, March 7, 1883. Also included is a typescript of the bond.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D10A: Scrapbooks, 1882-1902, containing news of Art Loan and other Detroit art news, of establishing the Detroit Art Museum in 1888, and exhibition announcements and programs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D8: Letter from F. A. Draper, written on Detroit Art Loan Exhibition stationary to M. J. Jenks and Company, Sept. 18, 1883, inquiring about property for sale.