Athena Art Society records
name: label: Creator
content: Athena Art Society (Toledo, Oh.)
label: Names
content: Society of Toledo Women Artists
topic: label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1974 by the Athena Art Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: Athena Art Society (Toledo, Oh.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Athena Art Society (est. 1903), once known as the Society of Toledo Women Artists, is one of the oldest continuous women's art organizations in the country. The organization was instrumental in the founding of the Toledo Museum of Art.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Ohio
label: Function
content: Arts organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (12 volumes on 1 microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.atheart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 793 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Toledo Public Library after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Athena Art Society records consist of 10 record books containing meeting minutes, lists of members, treasurer's reports, clippings, announcements, programs, letters, and obituaries. Also included are 2 scrapbooks (1927-1972) containing clippings, photographs of members, exhibition catalogs, programs, and other printed material.