Printed Materials, 1919-1993

The May Show was a well-publicized exhibition, both through materials distributed by the museum and through local newspapers. This section, broken down into five subseries, combines the publicity materials and newspaper clippings from the Director's Office and the Department of Modern Art. Invitations and press releases, the first two subseries, represent information publicly distributed by the museum. The May issues of The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art, and the individual publications for 1919-1921, in subseries 5.3, served as catalogs to the May Show, providing lists of exhibitors and photographs of award-winning works. Newspaper clippings, subseries 5.4, were gathered from the local newspapers announcing the opening of the exhibit and focusing on individual local artists. The last subseries contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by May Show artists. Press packets, press releases and other publicity materials can also be found in the Director's Office files. The records contained in this series do not represent a comprehensive collection of all publicity materials and newspaper clippings regarding the May Show. Researchers may also wish to view the library's clipping files and the records of the office of Marketing and Communications.