Cleveland Museum of Art.

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This collection contains the planning files for musical arts and performing arts programming from 1931-2001. The files are arranged chronologically and may include correspondence, promotional material, artist contracts, and other documents related to the preparation of musical events. Also included are printed programs from 1924-2011.

Scope and Contents note This artificial collection contains photographs received by the archives from various sources but not as a discreet collection. It has been arranged into four groups: Cleveland Museum of Art related views and portraits (named individuals and groups) and Non-CMA views and portraits. The primary arrangement is by the space or place if it is identified, such as the Fine Arts Garden, Armor Court, or gallery number. If the primary purpose of the image is to illustrate a person or...

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Samples of invitations, cards, brochures, letterhead, memorials, and other printed material produced by the print shop through the 1970s. Also two folders of printing competition awards Other examples of CMA graphic design can be found in the scrapbook collection, the William Ward collection, and the central files.

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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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Includes files about exhibitions held at the Cleveland Museum of Art or another venue, canceled exhibitions, and proposed (or declined) exhibitions. They may also include gallery rotations, reinstallations, and recent acquisitions displays. Currently this collections is 52 cubic feet in 104 boxes.

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This collection consists of photographic negatives, mostly 35mm, of museum staff and activities taken by Martin Linsey, who was a member of the museum education department. The images document both the museum campus and other Cleveland venues. The negatives date from 1964-1980. The archives has a second collection of Martin Linsey photographs of Cleveland monuments, cataloged separately.

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...

Scope and Contents note The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, the records constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic...

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The records of Henry Adams document his research for the exhibition and the exhibition catalogue "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th Century Design" which was on display at The Cleveland Museum of Art from November 12, 2000 to February 4, 2001. The collection has been divided into seven series: Biographical Information, Subject Files, Correspondence, Exhibition records, Photographs, Audio cassettes, and Conservation (added August 2003).