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May Show (Cleveland, Ohio)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Cleveland Museum of Art May Show entry cards

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archive.org/details/clevelandmuseumofartmayshow
Dates: 1919 - 1993

Cleveland Museum of Art May Show records.

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.069
Scope and Contents note The May Show records document the Exhibition of Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve. They were created by the museum departments that directly administered the May Show, mainly the Director's Office, the Department of Modern Art and the Registrar's Office. The records reflect the activity both within and between museum departments. The collection is divided into eight series determined by originating office and medium. The largest was created by the Department of Modern Art. Series...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1960-1990; 1919-1993

Cleveland Museum of Art Radio Talks

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.107
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1927-1957

Cleveland Museum of Art Registrar's Office loan And editorial photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.087
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: circa 1916-2004

Frederick A. Miller collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.125
Scope and Contents note The original organization of the collection was haphazard with no discernable order, mostly it was segregated by media type. The collection contains diverse media including papers, books, photographs, slides, negatives, reel to reel film, VHS, models made of clay or wood, and awards and medals. It is arranged by series, then by subseries, thereafter alphabetical or chronological. Spanning nearly 100 years from circa 1910 to circa 2000, the collection predates Miller’s birth and continues on...
Dates: circa 1910 to circa 2000

George G. Adomeit collection of Cleveland artists' ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.140
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1905-1965; circa 1900 - circa 1990

Henry P. Boynton's Cleveland artist portraits

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.106
Scope and Contents note

Photograph portraits of Cleveland artists by Henry P. Boynton created for the exhibition "Portraits by Henry P. Boynton: Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen", 1 May - 13 June 1948 to accompany the "Thirtieth Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen [May Show], 5 May - 13 June 1948

Dates: approximately 1948

Mabel Hewit scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 1111.118
Scope and Contents note This collection comprises of two bound scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, correspondence, and awards. The scrapbooks were compiled sometime after 1960 and each one spans roughly thirty years. Both are arranged in a rough chronological order. One is committed to the documentation of Mabel Hewit's interaction with the May Show and covers from 1936 to 1961. The second scrapbook has a broader scope, comprising of materials not related to the May Show....
Dates: 1933-1963

May Show artist biographical files

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archive.org/details/may-show-bio-files
Dates: Approximately 1924-1993

May Show digital collections guide

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://clevelandart.libguides.com/c.php?g=1274772&p=9352765