Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Scope and Contents note This collection spans from approximately the appointment of Sherman E. Lee in 1952 to about Stanislaw J. Czuma’s retirement in 2005. It is almost equally divided amongst its series: Exhibitions, Dealers Files, Correspondence, Loans, and Subject Files. Though numerous curators served during this timeframe, the majority of materials originate from Michael R. Cunningham and Stanislaw J. Czuma, circa 1975-2003. Additional material about the Oriental Department can be found in the administrative...

Scope and Contents note The Records of the Extensions Department detail activities of the department from 1916 until its closing in 1992. Some of the records include information up to 1996 but the bulk of the information is from the years 1950-1992. Included are administrative files including reports and procedures; exhibit information including case lists and set up diagrams; photographs of exhibits including artwork, locations, and people; correspondence between the staff ; artists and locations; and files on the...

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The collection consists of four posters submitted by students of the Cleveland School of Arts to the museum under the auspices of Ralph King. The winning poster by Robert Roessler was to be used at the museum opening although there is no evidence of this, and the poster in the museum archives is an incomplete work.

Scope and Contents note This collection was transferred to the archives from the Ingalls Library which had retained a large number of lantern slides as historic objects following digitization of the image library.The collection consists of image masters for views of architecture; artwork, including works by Cleveland artists and a small number of works from educational exhibitions; Cleveland Museum of Art views not duplicated in photo studio department records; and a lecture on camouflage from WWII retained as an...

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This small collection consists of postcards of Cleveland Museum of Art art objects, interior and exterior museum views, Wade park, and the city of Cleveland culled from other collections or sent to archives from the library. Accretions are added as received.

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This small collection on microfilm consists of transcripts of radio talks presented by museum staff on local radio stations on various topics including the May Show, the Museum's twentieth anniversary, exhibitions, collections, and programs. Regretfully, there are no audio files to accompany the transcripts.

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The Registrar's Office Loan and Editorial Photographs include images of May Show objects, objects lent for exhibitions, Cleveland art collections, Educational classes and programs, Cleveland views, Cleveland Museum of Art views, and artist portraits.

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Videos produced by and for the museum to publicize exhibitions and for other purposes. There are two digital copies of each video, one for reference and one to serve as the master copy.

Scope and Contents note This collection consists of two preparatory drawings for the oil painting The Bee Tree in the museum's collection (2012.119). Recalling an event that took place decades earlier during a family reunion on a farm in Brecksville, Ohio, this painting depicts the felling of a tree to extract a honeycomb in its trunk. The artist-who taught more than 40 years at his alma mater, the Cleveland School (now Institute) of Art-presents himself as the young man straddling the tree in the center of the...