American University Fine Arts Department records
name: label: Creator
content: American University (Washington, D.C.). Fine Arts Dept.
label: Names
content: Watkins Art Gallery (American University)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1981 by American University Fine Arts Department.
creator: label: Creator
content: American University (Washington, D.C.). Fine Arts Dept.
setName: label: See more items in
content: American University Fine Arts Department records
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: American University is a private university in Washington, D.C. The Fine Arts Department (now the Department of Art) is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums, University and college -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Function
content: Universities and colleges -- Departments -- Washington (D.C.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Microfilm reels (circa 9,000 items on 10 microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ameruniv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2210-2219 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in American University Fine Arts Department, Washington, D.C.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed American University Fine Arts Department records contain departmental files on faculty, visiting artists, students, fundraising events, and building projects. Also included are files on exhibitions held in the Watkins Gallery; photographs of exhibitions; collection files on permanent acquisitions and memorial gifts, containing photographs and insurance records; five scrapbooks and four guestbooks; and a bound volume of Right Angle (1947-1949). Researchers should note that this finding aid does not include an entry for every name found in the collection and that reels 2217-2219 are not represented in the finding aid.