University of Michigan Museum of Art records
odd: label: Other Title
content: David Smith (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: University of Michigan. Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Willard Gallery
label: Names
content: Smith, David, 1906-1965
label: Names
content: Willard, Marian, 1904-1985
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 74 donated 1970; material on reels 566-567 lent for microfilming 1973 all by the University of Michigan, Museum of Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: University of Michigan. Museum of Art
function: label: Function
content: Art museums, University and college -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1855-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.univmich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 74 (fr. 938-960) and reels 566-567 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: University of Michigan, Museum of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; donor files; inventories; and printed material relating to the Museum's collection and exhibitions.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 566-567: Correspondence relating to the museum's collections, particularly to the Albert M. Todd Collection, the Henry C. Lewis Collection, photography acquisitions, Randolph Roger's sculpture, and WPA prints loaned to the museum; files on 96 donors; manuscripts and notes for a history of Michigan museums and collections; an inventory of works in the museum and of works in the College of Architecture; proceedings of the University of Michigan Regents relating to exhibitions; six exhibition catalogs, 1857-1906; and typed extracts from the Michigan Alumnus.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 74: Photocopies of correspondence, 1948-1962, regarding the Museum's purchase and later repair of David Smith's sculpture "Tahstvant." Correspondence is between Jean Paul Slusser, director, and Marian Willard of the Willard Gallery regarding the purchase of the sculpture and drawing, and between Slusser and Smith regarding its repair from damage which occurred in 1960. Also included are a photograph of the sculpture, a shipping invoice, and damage, publication and exhibition reports.