The Eleanor Dickinson papers measure 29.0 linear feet and date from 1951-2011. Included are biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, legal and financial records, notes, writings by Dickinson and others, art work, teaching files, photographs, printed material, and audio visual material relating to organizations Dickinson was involved in, her exhibitions, and her teaching career.
Organizations include California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco Art Institute, Artists Equity Association, California Lawyers for the Arts, Bay Area Visual Arts Coalition, Graphic Arts Council, College Art Association, and Women's Caucus for Art, and among others.
Biographical / Historical:
Eleanor Dickinson (1931-2017) was a painter, graphic, video artist and instructor in San Francisco, Calif. Dickinson taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
Provenance:
Donated 1979-2005 by Eleanor Dickinson and in 2017 by the Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson Charitable Art Trust. Additions are expected.
Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Art -- Societies, etc. -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Graphic arts -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Video art -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Women artists -- California -- San Francisco Search this
The papers of curator Ninfa Valvo regarding the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum measure 2 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1973. The papers mostly consist of material related to the de Young Museum in the form of administration records, photographs of exhibition installations and artwork, and museum programs and calendars.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of curator Ninfa Valvo regarding the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum measure 2 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1973. The papers mostly consist of material related to the de Young Museum in the form of administration records, photographs of exhibition installations and artwork, and museum programs and calendars.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 3 series.
Series 1: Administration Records, 1934-circa 1965 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)
Series 2: Printed Material, 1930-1973 (1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
Series 3: Photographs, circa 1931-circa 1965 (0.8 linear feet; Box 2)
Biographical / Historical:
Ninfa Valvo (1900-1993) was the curator of painting and sculpture at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, California, from 1931 to 1965. The de Young Museum is one of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Provenance:
The papers regarding the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum were donated by Ninfa Valvo in 1975.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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 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.
Occupation:
Art museum curators -- California -- San Francisco Search this
Citation:
Ninfa Valvo papers regarding the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, circa 1930 to 1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scrapbook of Edwin Deakin consists of 137 pages of clippings, mainly from San Francisco publications, and pertaining primarily to artists and art events in California from 1872-1881. Journal of Robert Deakin, father of the painter Edwin Deakin, consisting of approximately 50 pages, contains a family genealogy, clippings and handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and letters pertaining to family history, as well as entries regarding his emigration to the United States.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, born Sheffield, England. Settled in Chicago in 1859. Moved to San Francisco, California in 1870. Painted landscapes of Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, and a series on the 21 Franciscan missions which he published in 1900. Edwin Deakin's works are included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
Provenance:
The donor, Marjorie Dakin Arkelian, is the granddaughter of Edwin Deakin.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
