Bowery Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Bowery Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Caspe, Lynda, 1939-
label: Names
content: Grossman, Barbara, 1943-
topic: label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2003 and 2008 by the Bowery Gallery via Barbara Grossman, and Lynda Caspe, founding members of the Bowery Gallery, and Marylou Schuck. Grossman maintained the Gallery records.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bowery Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Bowery Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Bowery Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run, cooperative gallery, measure 3.1 linear feet and 0.684 GB and date from 1969-2008. Business records, letters, exhibition files, guest registers, printed and digital material and photographs document the gallery's activities and artists.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: An additional 0.4 linear feet of Bowery Gallery records dated circa 2002-2008 were accessioned in 2008 and remain unprocessed except for a digital copy of an audiovisual recording of the gallery's inaugural exhibition, which is included in Series 3.
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: In 1969, eighteen artists founded the Bowery Gallery as a non-profit, artist-run cooperative gallery in New York City. The gallery's original mission was to promote contemporary art and artists during a time when abstract art and pop art dominated. In 1991, Bowery Gallery began sponsoring an annual national competition and juried show for artists working in two-dimensional media.
function: label: Function
content: Artist-run galleries -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.1 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 0.684 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bowegall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Visitors' books
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 6 series:

Series 1: Business Records, 1969-2002 (Box 1; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Letters, 1974-1997 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1983-1994 (Box 1; 4 folders, ER01; 0.684 GB)

Series 4: Guest Registers, 1976-2001 (Boxes 1-2; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1969-2001 (Boxes 2-4; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographic Materials, 1997-1999 (Box 3; 0.1 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The records were processed to a minimal level by Justin Brancato in July 2005.

The Archives of American Art has implemented minimal processing tactics when possible in order to increase access to more of our collections. Minimal processing included arrangement to the series and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder tiles and dates, but not arranged further. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders. Staples and other fasteners were not removed, but materials were removed from binders or damaged bindings.

Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Visitors' books
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The records of the Bowery Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run cooperative gallery in New York City, measure 3.1 linear feet and and 0.684 GB date from 1969-2008. Business records, letters, exhibition files, guest registers, printed material and photographs document the gallery's activities and artists.

An additional 0.4 linear feet of Bowery Gallery records dated circa 2002-2008 were accessioned in 2008 and remain unprocessed except for a digital copy of an audiovisual recording of the gallery's inaugural exhibition (October 31, 1969), which is included in Series 3. This accretion contains minutes and other business records, exhibition schedules, exhibition announcements, and Bowery Artists Tribute, Volume 1 (2008).