General correspondence, (37 linear feet) is with clients, collectors, museums, arts organizations, commercial galleries, and framers, shippers, conservators and others providing services to Midtown Galleries. This correspondence concerns routine business of the gallery such as sales, appraisals, loans for exhibition, arrangements for exhibitions, receptions, openings and entertainment, requests to participate in charitable fundraising events, publicity, etc. A small amount of printed matter is included, usually as enclosures with correspondence. Addition correspondence concerning Midtown exhibitions, particularly traveling exhibitions,will be found in Series 2: Exhibitions.
Alphabetical subdivisions noted represent folder titles. Capitalized titles note the alphabetical span encompassed by a particular folder, while those in lower case indicate an entire folder for a particular individual, institution, or organization.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Midtown Galleries records, 1904-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
