David Stuart papers and gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Stuart, David, 1910-1984
label: Names
content: David Stuart Galleries
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Pre-Columbian art
label: Topic
content: Jazz
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Jacqueline Anhalt Stuart in 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stuart, David, 1910-1984
setName: label: See more items in
content: David Stuart papers and gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The David Stuart papers and gallery records measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1984. The collection sheds light on Stuart's personal and professional life through scattered correspondence, photographs, and appraisal records; and his galleries' operations through scant artist files, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Stuart (1910-1984) was a gallery owner and owner of a jazz shop and record label in Los Angeles, California. Stuart opened Jazz Man Record Shop in Hollywood in 1939, and then in 1941 started a record label, Jazz Man Records. Stuart parted ways with both the label and the shop by 1946. In 1961, David Stuart along with his friend, Edward Primus, founded the Primus-Stuart Gallery in Los Angeles, California. In the same location two years later, Stuart founded David Stuart Galleries. The gallery specialized in showing emerging contemporary artists and pre-Columbian art and artifacts. Included in the list of artists shown at Stuart's galleries is John Altoon, Oliver Andrews, Sorel Etrog, Marvin Harden, and June Harwood.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stuadavi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: David Stuart Personal and Professional Papers, 1910-1984 (Box 1; 11 folders)

Series 2: Gallery Records, 1960s-1983 (Box 1-2, OV 3; 1.1 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The David Stuart papers and gallery records measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1984. The collection contains Stuart's personal and professional papers as well as gallery records. Personal and professional papers include correspondence concerning Stuart's career in New Orleans jazz music; appraisal records of pre-Columbian artifacts; papers related to the Louis Armstrong Statue Fund in New Orleans; scattered family papers and personal photographs; and more. Gallery records  shed light on the operations of both galleries owned by Stuart through scant artist, exhibition, collector, and gallery files; printed material such as newspapers clippings and gallery posters; and photographs of the gallery, artwork, and artists.