Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation records
name: label: Creator
content: Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation
label: Names
content: Woodmere Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
label: Names
content: Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, who received the records when the Foundation dissolved. Additional Foundation correspondence was microfilmed with the Violet Oakley papers on reels 3716-3745.
creator: label: Creator
content: Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Organized in 1962 to commemorate the life and work of mural painter Violet Oakley. Housed in Oakley's studio at Cogslea. Aim was to encourage the arts, literature, and international understanding through the presentation of lectures, exhibitions and conferences. The original officers were Edith Emerson (president), Mrs. Lloyd Van Sciver (vice-president), Theodore A. Ulrich (treasurer), and Lavinia Arant (secretary). Dissolved in 1986.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1987
label: Date
content: bulk 1961-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.violoakl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with artists, performers and other organizations, 1943-1984; financial records, including a membership dues account book, 1961-1972, bank statements, 1979-1985, invoices, 1973-1980, insurance forms, 1976-1983, tax records, 1965-1982, and grant records, 1971-1983; constitution and by-laws; transcripts of hearings concerning Cogslea; inventory lists, 1982-1986; documents concerning the sale of property and the transfer of material to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts;
label: Scope and Contents
content: membership lists; attendance records, 1978-1981; lists of works by Violet Oakley; minutes and agenda from meetings, 1968-1984; and subject files containing letters and printed material concerning various museums, colleges, and galleries, including the Woodmere Art Gallery. Also included are brochures, 1910-1980; newsletters; 2 exhibition catalogs; and 21 slides of Violet Oakley's work.