Contemporary Arts Association/Museum records
name: label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
label: Names
content: Contemporary Arts Museum
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1781 donated by Robert Preusser 1979; he lent the installation photographs for microfilming (reel 1778) at the same time.
creator: label: Creator
content: Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art museum; Houston, Tex. Also known as Contemporary Arts Museum. Incorporated 1948 to promote contemporary art through exhibitions and letures.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Texas
label: Function
content: Art museums -- Texas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.contarts
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1778 and 1781 available through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; reports; clippings; catalogs; announcements; and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1778: Installation photographs of exhibitions: This is Contemporary Art; Moholy-Nagy Memorial Exhibition; Painting Toward Architecture; Design in Nature; and The Completion of Interiors.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1781: Correspondence of Robert Preusser, former president of the Contemporary Arts Association, concerning the organization's development; organizational records; annual reports; board meeting minutes; clippings; catalogs and announcements; and 2 negatives and 5 photos of the Contemporary Arts Museum building.