Los Angeles County Museum records relating to the Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison collections
name: label: Creator
content: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Harrison, William Preston, 1869-1940
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: LACMA lent a group of records August 10 and August 27, 1973 and subsequently returned to LACMA. The arrangement kept by LACMA for each installment was not altered.
creator: label: Creator
content: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art patron and collector, Los Angeles, Calif. Collections deal with South Seas and Western paintings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,603 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.losangec
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm rolls 598-600 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1917-1973, with curators and officials of the museum, concerning the museum, collecting and the contemporary art scene; inventories; data sheets; accession cards; deeds of gift; press releases; a speech by Harrison; a research data file (222 items) including conservation reports, condition reports, and research on the history of the paintings; an inventory of books donated by Harrison to the museum library; a few photographs; letters, inventories and miscellany relating to the South Sea Collection and the Collection of Western paintings; lists of Harrison gifts and loans, 1938-1963; and miscellany.