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 1961

Lectures, etc. by Leslie Cheek, Jr., 1955/1965 Box 33863 Box 40, Folder 8, Item RG01.01.1.1962

Subject- Lectures given by L. Cheek, Jury duty lists, consultations, invoices, expense records, agendas, pamphlets, magazine excerpts, Essay- "The Place Of The Arts In Our American Culture", by L. Cheek. Dates- 1953 - 63 [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

Leslie Cheek, Jr. Personal Papers (SC-02), 1931/1993 19.4 Linear Feet 16 boxes; 596 folders and 48 oversized items

Cheek, Leslie, 1908-
This collection documents a portion of the life of Leslie Cheek, Jr., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' second and longest-tenured Director (1948-1968). One series includes material from his early career and activities before the VMFA, as well as his tenure at the museum, and through his retirement. Two series document the publication of two photobiographies about Cheek, "Living by Design" and "Designing for the Arts." Another series is comprised of materials about Skylark Farm, the house and tree farm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, owned, designed and furnished by the Cheeks between 1967 and 1977 when it was donated to Washington and Lee University. Other series document the Cheeks' personal world travels in the 1950s-1980s, some of Cheek's awards, and finally, a number of framed architectural drawings done by Cheek as a student in the 1930s.
  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Let's Go, 1961/1966 Box 33863 Box 40, Folder 12, Item RG01.01.1.1967

Subject- Monthly newsletters on "Reflections on the Art of Administrative Leadership", L.H. Kurtz, publisher/editor. Dates- 9/62 - 11/64, 1/66 [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

L: General, 1955/1963 Box 33863 Box 39, Folder 44, Item RG01.01.1.1947

Correspondence from L. Cheek. Subject- Chapters/Affiliates, newsletters, Lectour broadcasts, newspaper clippings, invitations, Lawler Memorial Fund, Artmobile. Artists: Pietro Lazzari, Janice S. Lemen, John Gadsby Chapman, photograph. Dates- 5/58 - 1/63 [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

L: General, 1956/1972 Box 33863 Box 39, Folder 45, Item RG01.01.1.1949

Correspondence from L. Cheek, J.M. Brown and P. Near. Subject- Publication requests, gifts, contributions, collectors circle, Fellows, suggested bequest wording, Artmobile, loans, exhibition announcements, NEA questionnaire: "Conservation in Museums- August 1971", restoration and condition report of "Battle of Yorktown", Lami. Artists: Mario Dubsky and Eugene Berman. Gift and donations: "La Sympathie", Pettijean. Date- 11/62 - 11/72 [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

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