Anne Ayres papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ayres, Anne, 1936-
label: Names
content: Otis College of Art and Design
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2003 by Anne Ayres.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ayres, Anne, 1936-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anne Ayres papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of curator and historian Anne Ayres measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2003. Focusing on her work as curator of the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, the papers include artifacts, scattered correspondence, issues of the L.A. Artists' Publication, printed material, and writings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anne Ayres (1936- ) was a curator and art historian in Los Angeles, California. Ayres earned her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Southern California and was the Associate Curator of the Newport Harbor Art Museum (now the Orange County Museum of Art) from 1985-1988. She subsequently served as director of the Ben Maltz gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design from 1988-2003. 

Ayres is retired and lives in Eugene, Oregon.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-2003
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ayreanne
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of curator and historian Anne Ayres measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2003. Focusing on her work as curator of the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, the papers include artifacts, scattered correspondence, issues of the L.A. Artists' Publication, printed material, and writings.