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

Periodicals: Art News, 1952/1964 Box 33863 Box 47, Folder 10, Item RG01.01.1.2303

Correspondence from L. Cheek and A. Frankfurter (editor, Art News). Subject- VMFA general collection, list of gifts and purchases, 1955-67, scope of exhibitions, dates, publications, colorplates. List of VMFA Board of Trustees, 1962, Gobelin Tapestries. Dates- 1953 -64 [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

Periodicals: Richmond Newspapers, 1957/1965 Box 33863 Box 47, Folder 16, Item RG01.01.1.2311

Correspondence from L. Cheek to Editors V. Dabney (RTD) and J. Kilpatrik (RNL). Subject- Artmobile, reviews of VMT and media coverage by print journalists, newspaper clippings. Essay- "The Arts In The Sixties", by L. Cheek. Dates- 11/59 - 12/65 [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

Periodicals: Time Magazine, 1959/1964 Box 33863 Box 47, Folder 17, Item RG01.01.1.2312

Correspondence from L. Cheek and F. Stewart and C. Jones. Subject- Exhibitions: "Form Givers", Sport and Horse" and Mellon Collection. Dates- 2/60 - 12/63 [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

Photography in the Fine Arts, 1959/1968 Box 33863 Box 48, Folder 11, Item RG01.01.1.2350

Correspondence from L. Cheek. Subject- Ivan Dimitri as Director of Photography in the Fine Arts at the Brussels World's Fair, his service on the advisory committee, list of photographs given to VMFA from the PFA exhibition. Directors of America's Finest Museums: portraits, credo of on art and their personal selection of photographs from the PFA archives was the subject of the World's Fair exhibition. Etching by Levon West (Ivan Dimitri). Dates- 12/59 - 6/68 [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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