Alvin S. Romansky papers
name: label: Creator
content: Romansky, Alvin S., 1907-1994
label: Names
content: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Texas -- Houston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1683 and 2093 (fr. 327-509) lent for microfilming 1979-1980; and material on reels 2093 (fr. 514-585), 3451-3452 donated 1980-1981 all by Alvin S. Romansky.
creator: label: Creator
content: Romansky, Alvin S., 1907-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collector; Houston, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.42 Linear Feet (ca. 1175 items (on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.romaalvi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1683 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2093 and 3451-3452 available through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1683 and 2093, fr. 327-509: Originals returned to Romansky after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, photographs, writings, sketches and drawings, business records, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1683: Personal and business correspondence; clippings and other printed material; exhibition catalogs and announcements; inventories of prints and drawings on loan, or given to, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; photographs of the Romansky collection at the University of Texas, Austin; and photographs of Romansky, Alexander Calder, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2093, FRAMES 327-509: An "Inventory of the Alvin and Ethel Romansky Collection of Prints and Drawings Relating Chiefly to the Second Empire, the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of Paris." The Collection is in the M.D. Anderson Library, University of Houston.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2093, FRAMES 514-585: Correspondence, clippings, catalogs and announcements, a photograph of Alexander Calder taken by Romansky and a photograph of Romansky with others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3451-3452: Correspondence; lists of loans for exhibtions; invoices, receipts and printed material dealing with Romansky collection; 5 prints by Romansky and 3 prints by Bill Condon; clippings; photographs of Romansky and other artists; information on the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston including by-laws, minutes of accessions committee and board of directors, and lists of trustees.