Detroit Institute of Arts records
odd: label: Other Title
content: Valentine Dudensing papers (microfilm title)(reel 911)
name: label: Creator
content: Detroit Institute of Arts
label: Names
content: Detroit Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Portland Art Museum (Or.)
label: Names
content: United States. Federal Works Agency
label: Names
content: Zimmerman Gallery (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Davis, Robert Tyler
label: Names
content: Price, C. S. (Clayton S.), 1874-1950
label: Names
content: Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958
label: Names
content: Zimmerman, F. Ernst
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels D1-D3, D10A-D20 and 1892-1897 lent for microfilming 1953-1979 by Detroit Institute of Arts. Material on reels 911, 3482, 3894 and unmicrofilmed donated 1959-1972 by the DIA.
creator: label: Creator
content: Detroit Institute of Arts
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art museum; Detroit, Michigan. Incorporated 1885 as Detroit Museum of Art and name changed to Detroit Institute of Arts in 1919.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 21 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.detrinst2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1892-1897, D15-D20, D1-D3, D10A-D14, 3482, 911 and 3894 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, annual reports and bulletins, scrapbooks, photographs, catalogs, clippings and a telegram.
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content: REELS D1-D3: Annual reports, 1890-1919, and bulletins, 1891-1952.
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content: REELS D10A-D20: Scrapbooks, 1882-1957.
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content: REEL 911: Correspondence of William Valentiner concerning C.S. Price murals. Correspondents include George H. Field, Assistant to the Administrator, Federal Works Agency, Holger Cahill, Gladys M. Everett, Field Representative, and Robert Tyler Davis of the Portland Art Museum. Valentiner writes in an attempt to transfer two of Price's WPA murals promised to the Portland Art Museum, where they had been allocated by the Federal Works Agency, to the DIA. His bid is unsuccessful, as Davis won't release them.
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content: REELS 1892-1897: 21 scrapbooks containing clippings, press releases, and other printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3482: A letter to M.D. Ferry, Jr., December 21, 1932 and to Clyde Burroughs, January 21, 1933, from F. Ernst Zimmerman of Zimmerman Gallery, Boston, offering several Winslow Homer paintings for sale.
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content: REEL 3894: A telegram regarding a New York Statue Commission.
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content: UNMICROFILMED: Photographs of installations and one of Mrs. Edsel Ford (Eleanor Ford); clippings, a furniture catalog and an exhibition catalog for "For Modern Living," 1949, at the D.I.A.