Ogunquit Art Association records
name: label: Creator
content: Ogunquit Art Association
label: Names
content: Barn Gallery (Ogunquit, Me.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Maine -- Ogunquit
label: Topic
content: Curators -- Maine
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by the Ogunquit Art Association.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ogunquit Art Association
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art association; Ogunquit, Maine. Founded 1928. The first art gallery in Ogunquit, Maine. Charles H. Woodbury was the first president, with Clara Whiteside as curator. The association began using the Barn Gallery as an exhibition space in 1958, but it is not organizationally related to the gallery.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Maine
label: Function
content: Artist associations -- Maine
label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Maine
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ogunart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Historical information, correspondence, minutes, journals, finanical records, guest books, membership records, art work, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: By-laws of the association, a one-page history, and a list of presidents; presidents' and general correspondence; minutes from board and annual meetings, and reports to the president; artists' applications; curators' and membership files; "talk books" (daily journals of the gallery), 1962-1983; guest registers, 1951-1961; exhibition, business and auction records containing price lists, expenses, letters, photographs, announcements, sales and price lists, lists of participants, and biographical material on artists; ledgers, cash books, receipts, and sales records for the association and the Barn Gallery; exhibition catalogs and announcements, and posters; blueprints, plans, and a drawing for the construction of the Barn Gallery.