Valley House Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Valley House Gallery
label: Names
content: Vogel, Donald S., 1917-2004
label: Names
content: Williamson, Clara McDonald, 1875-1976
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1685-1686 lent for microfilming by Donald S. Vogel, 1979. Material on reel 1799 donated by Vogel, 1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Valley House Gallery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Valley House Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Valley House Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1979. The records document the history of the gallery through a biography on artist and gallery director Donald Vogel, a series of interviews with artist Clara Williamson on seven audio cassettes, exhibition catalogs and exhibition announcements.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Valley House Gallery was an art gallery in Dallas, Texas. The gallery was founded in 1951 by painter Donald S. Vogel, who was also the gallery director. The gallery was originally named the Betty McLean Gallery (1951-1954) and subsequently renamed the Valley House Gallery. The gallery exhibited 20th century European and American art.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Texas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vallhous
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Valley House Gallery Records, 1953-1979 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 1685-1686, and 1799 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Valley House Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1979. The records document the history of the gallery through a biography on artist and gallery director Donald Vogel, a series of interviews with artist Clara Williamson on seven audio cassettes, exhibition catalogs and exhibition announcements.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels 1685-1686) including biographical information on Texas artists; financial records; notes for an article on primitive painter Clara McDonald Williamson, and notes of an interview with her by Donald S. Vogel; exhibition catalogs and clippings on Vogel; and correspondence with Robert DeBolli, Edith Halpert, Curt Valentin, E. Yamanouchi, Al Meadows, Wildenstein & Co., M. Knoedler, and others. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.