The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
The microfilmed Bennington College Visual Arts Department records contain 164 exhibition files. Included in these files are biographical data; correspondence; a list of Bennington art majors from 1936 to 1956; a list of art faculty from 1942 to 1969; loan agreements; price lists; checklists; entry forms; press releases; exhibition catalogs and announcements; printed material; and photographs.
Citation:
Bennington College Visual Arts Department records, 1948-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 2529-2531 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Bennington College (founded 1932) is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded as a women's college in 1932, it became co-educational in 1969. Bennington claims to be the first college in the country to put the visual and performing arts at the center of a liberal arts education.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1982 by Bennington College Visual Arts Department.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching -- Vermont -- Bennington Search this
