Contemporary Arts Museum records
name: label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Museum
label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1980 by F. Carrington Weems, former chairman of the board of trustees.
label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Museum
label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art museum; Houston, Tex. Opened Nov. 13, 1949 under the auspices of the Contemporary Arts Association, which had begun as a small group in May 1948, and officially organized in May 1949.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Texas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.contamur
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1848-1852 available for use through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, F. Carrington Weems, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Minutes of Board of Directors meetings and financial statements, 1963-1970; membership lists; committee reports; memorandum; correspondence, mainly relating to searches for a new director, 1964-1966, and plans for construction of a new building, 1965-1969; and statements by Board members concerning the Museum's activities, 1957. Also included are histories of the museum; exhibition catalogs; newsletters; clippings about the museum's development; and photos of the new building, 1972.