The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
The microfilmed Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico files consist of files on approximately 200 artists of New Mexico and the Southwest containing biographical data; inquiries from researchers and owners of paintings requesting information on artists; photocopies of correspondence between artists and the Museum of Fine Arts and others; exhibition announcements, catalogues, and invitations; press releases; clippings; and printed material. Also included on microfilm reel 3292 is correspondence of the director Edward Hewett and curator Paul Walter with artists, including Gustave Baumann, Oscar E. Berninghaus, Ernest L. Blumenschein, Gerald Cassidy, E. Irwin Couse, Helena Dunlap, W. Herbert Dunton, Marsden Hartley, E. Martin Hennings, Robert Henri, Victor Higgins, Leon Kroll, Walter Pach, Bert G. Phillips, Doris Rosenthal, Walter Ufer and others.
Citation:
Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico files, 1897-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3185-3188, 3214, 3292, 3370-3373 & 3436-3437 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
Reel 3292: All photocopies.
Location of Originals:
Originals in: the New Mexico Museum of Art (previously known as the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico).
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico (established 1917), now called the New Mexico Museum of Art (name changed in 2007) is an art museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico run by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Lent for microfilming by the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, in 1984 as part of AAA's Texas Arts Documentation Project.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
