Museum of Fine Arts, Houston records
name: label: Creator
content: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
label: Names
content: McDowell Association
label: Names
content: Tamarind Lithography Workshop
label: Names
content: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Texas
label: Occupation
content: Art directors -- Texas -- Houston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1579-1594 lent for microfilming (except business correspondence) 1979 by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; business correspondence on reels 1579-1594 donated 1979 by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; material on reels 3315-A & 3367 lent for microfilming 1983 and 1985 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; material on reel 3475 donated 1981 by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
creator: label: Creator
content: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Texas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17.2 Linear feet ((microfilmed on 18 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.musefaht
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1579-1594 available for use at Archives of American Art offices; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3315-A, 3367, and 3475 available only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1579-1594(except business correspondence), 3315-A & 3367: Originals returned to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; scrapbooks; a report; financial statements; and blueprints and architectural plans.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1579-1594: Correspondence, 1961-1967, of the director, James Johnson Sweeney, concerning the operation and exhibitions of the Museum. Sweeney's correspondence as President of the McDowell Association, and correspondence, financial statements, artist information sheets, photos, and printed miscellany relating to Sweeney's position as a member of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. are also included.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3315-A & 3367: A scrapbook, ca. 1950-1970, containing exhibition announcements, catalogs and invitations, clippings, photographs of works of art and biographical data on Texas artists John Squire Adams, David Adickes, John T. Biggers, Bill Bomar, James W. Boynton, Joe Coulter, Otis Dozier, Kelly Fearing, Seymour Fogel, Michael Frary, Henry Gadbois, Herbert Mears, Robert Preusser, Frances Taylor Royston, Everett Spruce, Charles Umlauf and others. Also includes 3 public information scrapbooks, 1924-1958, containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, exhibition catalogs, correspondence, printed material and photographs of works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3475: An undated report "Is Houston Lagging in the Fine Arts?" outlining the need for a new wing for the Museum of Fine Arts, a permanent fund for operation and donations for acquisitions; correspondence, 1967-1968, between MFA Director James Johnson Sweeney and Bruno P. Conterato, David Fix, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Andrew W. Morgan, S. I. Morris, Hugo Neuhaus, Jr., Arthur Salzman, Francois Stahly, George Tsutakawa, and others regarding a proposed fountain sculpture for Houston and the new addition to the MFA designed by Mies Van Der Rohe; and architectural plans and blueprints, 1954 and 1973, for the new addition.