Collections : [Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Primary Collecting Areas:
VMFA institutional records, Donor papers, Virginia Artists Archives, Oral histories, Artist subject files, Analog, and digital audiovisual collections
Description:

The Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library provides access to a wealth of rare and unique primary source materials for scholars, researchers, and the public.

The Archives consists of a diverse and growing collection of permanent materials, covering museum history from its beginnings in the 1930s until today. The Archives includes institutional records from over 25 museum departments, thousands of artist and subject files, as well as donated collections related to the museum and the history of art in Virginia. The Archives also recently launched the Virginia Artists Archives, a collecting initiative that aims to create a rich, diverse, and unprecedented collection of Virginia artists’ papers to increase awareness about the contributions of Virginia artists, both past and present.

POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Start Over Repository Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Date range 1950

American Rooms in Miniature: General, 1950 Box 31633 Box 32, Folder RG23.01.0.0267

Announcement; Baltimore catalog; preview invitation; 3 photographs; copies of her other catalogs (Mrs. James Ward Thorne); correspondence with Women's League Club; correspondence with lender (circulating museum AIC); budget information; checklists; shipping information and receipts; exhibition contract; correspondence with publicity; copies of various magazines (Virginia Bulletin, Virginia Women's Magazine); correspondence with PTA's

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Records of the Exhibitions Department (RG-23), 1936/2015
  3. Series 1: Exhibition Files, 1936/2015

Anderson, Henry W., 1948/1954 Box 33863 Box 3, Folder 25, Item RG01.01.1.0128

Subject- President of the Board of Trustees. 1948-53. [These notes were taken by VMFA staff in the 1990s before the collection was processed by LVA staff in the 2000s, so the contents of the file may no longer match this description.]

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Director's Correspondence (RG-01), 1927/2009
  3. Series 1: Director's Correspondence, 1927/2006
  4. Series 1.1: Early Directors, 1927/1976

Anderson, Henry W., 1948/1954 Box 33863 Box 3, Folder 26, Item RG01.01.1.0129

Correspondence between Mrs. J.G. Pollard and L. Cheek, Jr. and Col. Henry W. Anderson. Subject- Anderson's presidency of the VMFA Board of Trustees, Museum events and daily operations, gifts to the Museum, investment of the Museum's A.D. Williams fund, listing of financial condition of endowment and special funds 1952-3, etc. Dates- 5/51-10/54. [These notes were taken by VMFA staff in the 1990s before the collection was processed by LVA staff in the 2000s, so the contents of the file may no longer match this description.]

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Director's Correspondence (RG-01), 1927/2009
  3. Series 1: Director's Correspondence, 1927/2006
  4. Series 1.1: Early Directors, 1927/1976

Annual Report, 1949-1950: Worksheets, etc., 1949/1950 Box 33863 Box 4, Folder 11, Item RG01.01.1.0147

Correspondence by L. Cheek, Jr. and Mrs. J.G. Pollard. Subject- The 14th Annual Report of the Director (5/27/49) and its working papers, also correspondence about VMFA role in selecting and displaying portraits in the Governor's Mansion. [These notes were taken by VMFA staff in the 1990s before the collection was processed by LVA staff in the 2000s, so the contents of the file may no longer match this description.]

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Director's Correspondence (RG-01), 1927/2009
  3. Series 1: Director's Correspondence, 1927/2006
  4. Series 1.1: Early Directors, 1927/1976

Content Warning

ARVAS is an aggregator of archival resources. ARVAS does not have control of the descriptive language used in our members’ finding aids.

Finding aids may contain historical terms and phrases, reflecting the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they were collected, but are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical or mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many institutions and organizations are in the process of reviewing and revising their descriptive language, with the intent to describe materials in more humanizing, inclusive, and harm-reductive ways. As members revise their descriptive language, their changes will eventually be reflected in their ARVAS finding aids.

Limit your search