Allen Memorial Art Museum records
name: label: Creator
content: Allen Memorial Art Museum
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
label: Names
content: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993
label: Names
content: Morris, Robert, 1931-2018
label: Names
content: Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-
label: Names
content: Olney, Charles F. (Charles Fayette), 1831-1903
label: Names
content: Ward, Clarence, b. 1884
label: Names
content: Wiley, William T., 1937-2021
topic: label: Topic
content: Art patronage
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfiliming in 1973 by the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Allen Memorial Art Museum
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content: Allen Memorial Art Museum records
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Allen Memorial Art Museum (founded 1917) is an academic art museum at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. The museum's collection contains over 15,000 works of art.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums, University and college -- Ohio -- Oberlin
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 51 Reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.allememo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 726-776 available through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Allen Memorial Art Museum records contain general correspondence (1931-1958); business correspondence of the director (1916-1958), curators (circa 1929-1967), correspondence with dealers (1941-1953); and files of Clarence Ward, Director from 1917 until 1950, much of which relate to lectures. Also included are exhibition data (1929-1963) including correspondence and lists; financial ledgers (1938-1955); material related to a bequest from Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (Mrs. F. F. Prentiss); and miscellany. The Charles F. Olney file which includes correspondence, a catalog of the Olney collection, a list of art objects and furniture in the collection, and an index to the material; a photograph file showing the interior and exterior of the Museum, the staff, classrooms, studio, and others; and files on artists including Joseph Cornell, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, and William T. Wiley are also present.