Entry card with tear-off for back of work; catalog; announcement

Copies of checklists, shipping lists and prices (for sale); exhibition circulated by Art Institute of Chicago

Catalog; packing list with values, 2 different ones

Prospectus of season, 1937-1937; large typed, spring bound copy of annotated text for inaugural exhibition catalog containing: catalog of paintings in the Museum, budget materials for exhibition, timeline of early Museum, all types of exhibition materials, gallery layout and drawings

Invitation; copy of Strause Collection catalog; 1936-37 prospectus of program; 1958 letter between Muriel Christison & Oscar Lang of Minneapolis re: Strause exhibition

Entry blank; prospectus/rules; catalog/ invitation/mailing label; submission tag; generic letter for Virginia photo clubs or possibly for shops to request submissions

Invitation; catalog; inventories from the exhibition; catalog copy; copy of foreword (typed); letter from Margaret May Dashiell who loaned items; lots of correspondence from all over the country; lists of sponsors

Extensive correspondence regarding memorial committee and its purchase of a memorial; his works; and fundraising efforts; Colt was treasurer. The Committee also paid off all of the debts for Walker's illness, donations coming from across the country. Thank you letters in alpha order, hundreds of them, plus originals from donators; a few have copies of bookplates attached; original loan requests and replies; original Christmas card with Walker print of a home in Connecticut (1931) and a memorial card that he created in 1936

Invitation; catalog; list of paintings from Burch and Schulze with dimensions

Invitation; list of pieces to be shipped from Shearwater Pottery, with coding to indicate glazes

Copies of inventories, plus amendment, text; mainly correspondence regarding loans including shipping receipts

Catalog, entry card, invitation, announcement; 1 copy of 5th catalogue (1936); Colt's notes

Correspondence with artist; catalog copy; checklists (some with prices)

1 photograph; duplicates: announcement, patron card (sent with invitation); correspondence with artist; shipping information and receipts; budget information; catalog proofs; schedules; invitation list; 1 copy of catalogue; list of sales

Invitation; copies of inventories with insurance values; single copy of catalog

Newspaper clippings; genealogical charts; typed copy of article, "Colonel William Byrd of Westover," by Lucy Parke Byrd

Letters of solicitation (ex.: one to O'Keeffe); shipping/return correspondence; correspondence with jurors (including Hopper) including discussion of invited artists list; rough draft of jury selection rules; correspondence with galleries (mainly in New York City) for artists to enter competition

Invitation; card of admission; information request postcard; thank you card; entry card (regular-red); entry card (invited-orange); receipt card; announcement; rejection notification; list of 125 paintings invited and accepted; prospectus; jury memorandum; list of invited artists divided by gallery; list of deliveries for return of paintings

Hundreds of rejection forms with return shipment affirmation signed below (includes artist name and title of work)

Invitation; World's Fair circular of information; list of paintings to be included; World's Fair circular of information (8 pages); Adele Clark and Leslie Cheek on panel for southern states; reports to Colt on state committees

One copy of catalog

One copy of catalog

One copy of catalog

One copy of catalog

Catalog; letter from Anne Moncure to Colt explaining pictures; typed copy of "History of Ambler Family" by J.J. Ambler, 1826; list of portraits; typed copy of catalog text; 4 photographs of portraits - Katherine, William, and St. George Moncure, grandchildren of Colonel John Ambler; Mary Cary, wife of Edward Ambler; Colonel John Ambler; wife of Dr. Peterfield Trent and his two daughters

One copy of catalog; list of paintings; 1 letter

One copy of catalog

Correspondence with jurors

Correspondence with Committee of Virginia Artist Commission; correspondence with artists submitting models; rejection letter; shipping correspondence; invoices; correspondence with U.S. Department of the Interior, NPS, Fredericksburg; correspondence with Virginia Conservation Commission; Correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman, Editor of the Richmond News Leader; correspondence with National Sculpture Society, Commission for the Arts, and Senator John Warwick Rust; loan of a portrait of Stonewall Jackson from Adler in NYC; correspondence with Leslie Cheek, the Sons of Confederate Veterans; news release; planning and invitations for the preview; correspondence with the United Daughters of the Confederacy and with Joseph Pollia, the winner

Entry card; invitation to meet the jurors; invitation to preview of models; announcement; map of site; news release; list of members of Sculptors Guild; Pollia's curriculum vitae

One copy of catalog

Invitation, catalog; text of catalog with drawings of mock-up and list of drawings

Annotated catalogs of early shows, correspondence with Mrs. Holden, shipping information

Catalog, invitation; typed biography in first person, list of paintings, curriculum vitae

Correspondence with Pan American Union in D.C.; Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes; shipping information; correspondence with Governor; Department of State; national press (Time, New York Times, Town & Country, Antiques Magazine, Washington Post, United Press); copies of speech materials for guests at preview; letter from Emilio Pettoruti

Announcement; banner; one catalog; solo copies of invitations to preview and meet the Ambassadors at the Commonwealth Club

Inventories with sizes, values and damages noted; customs forms; shipping information; annotated catalog

Correspondence, speech copy

Correspondence with L.B. Houff at the American Federation of Arts; shipping information

Correspondence with Klapperach; Argentine government participation; New York World's Fair 1939; speech copy; foreword copy; shipping information

Shipping receipts, packing lists; lists of addresses of sponsors, lenders, press, museums, invitation lists

Correspondence with Marval, Commissioner General of Argentine government; participation; shipping information; planning information; customs and sales information

Invitation list; art critics list; memos; schedule of radio program and typed text; Commonwealth Club menu; speech texts

Inventories of paintings that would go from New York to San Francisco to Riverside Museum; correspondence with Museum about shipping; shipping receipts

Freight bills; shipping receipts, correspondence with Treasury Department; customs forms, inventories with values

Correspondence with Alexander Weddell and J. A. de Marval

Original mounted drawing by Leslie Cheek, Jr. for exhibition panels

Comments of the jury; award speech; copy of thank you letters; requests for catalogs, purchase information; publicity information; invitation lists; inventories; correspondence with artists; correspondence with jurors

Rejection letter; prospectus; "an invitation,"; invitation; receipt card; entry card (invited-yellow); entry card (regular-red); acceptance card; news releases; prospectus; catalog copy; comments of the committee; memos

Bound, typed list by gallery; inventories; correspondence with galleries and artists

Correspondence with jurors

One copy of catalog

Invitation; correspondence with Mrs. De Marclay

Correspondence; checklist; shipping information

One copy of catalog; gallery layout; mailer text; catalog listing; biographical text; artist's statement

Invitation; catalog; correspondence with Adele Williams; inventories; biographical information; catalog text

Invitation; catalog; correspondence with Willingham; shipping information and receipts

Invitation; one copy of catalog; correspondence with Binford and lenders; shipping information; inventories with values; shipping information; gallery correspondence; catalog text

Invitation; catalog; inventories, text copy, values, text of radio announcements/interviews; loan correspondence; galley proofs of label copy by Edward Davis

Inventory lists including insurance values; list of items by lenders; hundreds of shipping receipts

Correspondence with galleries, dealers, and collectors/lenders; catalog proof

Invitation; catalog; catalog copy, curriculum vitae; copy of Colt's introduction

Catalog; invitation; catalog copy; biographical information

Correspondence with Chrysler, Fox (curator), publicity people. Walter P. Sr. died in August of 1940, shipping and insurance information; inventories with values; opening plans; list of news and magazine articles (extensive)

Cocktail invitation; preview invitation; supper invitation; annotated proofs

Inventories; values annotated with van assignments (from NYC to Richmond & Richmond to Philadelphia); shipping and storage receipts and contracts; letter from Parke-Bernet in 1945 asking for prints as they were selling part of collection

Correspondence with Fiske Kimball, Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art re: shipping, insurance, inventories, division of cost

Inventories; radio program transcript; party list; invitations list; hostess list; timelines, schedules, memos, Leger came!

Plan & prospectus re: showing his collection in South America; correspondence with Fox and Chrysler. Executive Committee turned it down

One copy of invitation and one copy of catalog

Invitation; catalog copy and proof; inventory with values; correspondence with Concetta; shipping information; correspondence regarding publicity; correspondence re: broken statue and payment

Catalog copy; one invitation; one copy of catalog; biographical data

Invitation; correspondence with jurors; letters to publicity; correspondence with galleries; shipping information; list of awards; clippings; rejection postcard; one entry card; one catalog

Correspondence with Federal Works Agency; with institutions before (with Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT) and after (with Institute of Modern Art, Boston) traveling exhibition; invitation list; correspondence with Richmond Housing Authority, decision later in favor of Housing Authority in Norfolk instead of Boston

Correspondence with Riverside Museum, lenders; 1 invitation

Correspondence with Cincinnati Museum of Art, lender; installation; instructors; shipping information; news releases; invitations to college all over the state for preview; inventories; one invitation

Invitation; catalog; catalog copy; biographical information; correspondence with Hattorf

Invitation; correspondence with artist; catalog copy; 1 catalog

Invitation; catalog; correspondence with artist; biographical information; catalog copy; letters to publicity

Invitation; catalog; catalog copy; biographical information; correspondence with artist and gallery

List/receipts of items taken by Henry P. Strause from VMFA; annotated lists of items deposited at VMFA from H.P.S. for loan exhibition; numerous warehouse receipts

Pennsylvania Society catalog (1933); inventories by artist with values; correspondence; research

Invitation; research correspondence to locate miniatures (potential lenders); catalog copy

Receipts; inventories; index cards with owner's name & address (some with date stamp)

All receipts (large quantity), some with 2 copies, some with correspondence, some with shipping receipt from mail

Catalog copy; invitation list; correspondence with state planning board, 1 copy of catalog

Correspondence with Mrs. Myers, widow of the artist and Landgren, dealer for Newman; clippings, inventories with values; correspondence with Whitney, where Myers exhibition originated; correspondence with potential lenders for Newman; shipping information; insurance information; catalog copy; Invitation; annotated catalogs; Whitney catalogs; Knoedler catalog; loan/shipping receipts; invitation list; inventories with values; correspondence with publicity; catalog copy; inventories by institution

Invitation; proof of catalog; 1 copy of catalog

Correspondence with artists, both accepted and rejected; shipping information; correspondence regarding damage, (notation at bottom of letters in unusual style, coding maybe)

Bound pages from gallery trip to NYC and consequent invited artists list; correspondence with galleries; letters to invited artists; shipping information & receipts; correspondence with jury, (Charles Burchfield declined but raved about it; George Grosz declined with a beautiful signature.)

All regret letters, signed by artist/agent/owner, and returned to VMFA (hundreds of them); some with handwritten notes, (H.P. Sargeant very upset.)

Invitation; entry card (invited-yellow); entry card (regular-white); "Good and Bad News Night" (yellow trifold); prospectus; acceptance card; rejection card; memo for the evening; news release (3/3/42); annotated catalog with prices; correspondence with hosts; speech copy; news releases; list of artists by state; inventories; jury comments; values on inventories

Catalog; correspondence with artist; biographical information; catalog copy; 1 copy of invitation

Catalog; correspondence with artist; catalog copy; correspondence at sales; 1 copy of invitation

Invitation; first exhibition to include correspondence from Mrs. Pollard; inventories, correspondence; invitations; shipping information

Correspondence with Museum of Modern Art that was circulating exhibition; shipping information; contract; 1 copy of invitation

Correspondence; invitation; Lenox catalog; a few Mint Museum catalogs; correspondence with artist; inventories; catalog copy

Correspondence; guest lists; inventories with values; Commonwealth Club menu; catalog copy; shipping information; black and white photo of "Boys"

Correspondence with artist; letters from Theresa Pollak; inventories with prices; shipping information; biographical information; reimbursement request; copy of bulletin

Catalog; inventories with artist biographies (ie: partially or congenitally blind, age); correspondence with originator (Lowenstein); traveling loan contract; critics' statements

San Francisco Art Association bulletins; correspondence with artist; inventories; invitation; catalog; shipping information; catalog copy; various Artists' Guild of Washington materials (he was President)

Invitation; one copy of catalog; inventories with values and receipts

Invitation; clipping on his death; correspondence

Invitation; one copy of catalog; catalog proof; various other catalogs & announcements; correspondence with vendors; shipping information

Clipping; correspondence with lenders; shipping information

Invitation; one copy of catalog; correspondence

Correspondence with artist; inventories with values; biographical information; catalog copy; 1 copy of catalog and invitation.

Radio broadcast transcript; catalogs of other show; clippings (both from Cincinnati Museum); MFA Boston materials; catalog copy; invitation lists; correspondence; MFA Boston catalog; VMFA catalog and proof; shipping information from Boston; inventories

Correspondence; shipping information; annotated catalog; radio transcript; insurance information

Announcement (trifold); 1 catalog; correspondence; catalog proof; inventories with prices; catalog copy; jury correspondence; correspondence with publicity; shipping information; 1 invitation

Invitation; catalog proof; 1 letter

Invitation; catalog copy; correspondence with artist; inventory with prices; 1 catalog

Catalog; invitation; correspondence; research; shipping information; catalog proof; catalog copy

Article; correspondence with American Federation of Arts; inventory with values; other catalogs; loan agreement; shipping information; research; installation drawing; clipping; transcript of lecture on Chinese painting

Announcement; photographs of winners; correspondence; ArtNews issue (October 1-4) 1943; inventories with prices

Invitation; catalog; catalog copy; clipping; correspondence; research; RISD "Museum Notes," 1943; shipping information

Invitation; catalog copy; correspondence; inventory with price list

Invitation; correspondence with other museums; itinerary copy; research; catalog copy; inventories with prices; shipping information

Correspondence (mainly with Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Correspondence (mainly with Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Inventories; correspondence; shipping information

Invitation; news release; correspondence; correspondence with publicity and with lender (UVirginia)

Invitation; catalog proof; other catalogs; correspondence; correspondence with lecturer; correspondence at preview; correspondence with publicity; loan correspondence & requests; shipping information; research on pieces; catalog copy; inventories; catalog; loan forms; annotated catalog; shipping receipts

Catalog; invitation; invitation list; correspondence; catalog copy; inventories with values; shipping information; insurance information

Catalog correspondence; clippings; catalog copy; speech copy; inventories with publication date; correspondence with lenders and publicity; shipping receipts later too (1956)

Prospectus; annotated catalog; catalog copy; shipping list; inventories with prices

Catalog; news releases; fact checking cards; bound copy of lists by dealer; clippings, voting information; invitation; catalog proof; timeline; prospectus copy; correspondence; artists' c.v.'s; dealer catalogues and correspondence; inventories with values; transcripts of publicity; speech notes; catalog copy; lists of accepted and invited artists (Virginia separate); shipping information and receipts; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with jury; prospectus

Catalog; correspondence with artist; biographical information; catalog copy; inventories with prices

Catalog; announcement

Announcement; catalog; invitation; catalog copy; lecturer c.v.; lists of institutions; list of works by institution; label copy; annotated catalog; inventories with prices; correspondence with institutions; correspondence with jury; shipping information

Annotated catalog; correspondence with artist; inventory; research; gallery layout diagram; price list; 1 catalog

Invitation; correspondence with Netherlands Information Bureau; other catalogs; checklists; shipping information & receipts (from before & after museums; correspondence with ambassador who spoke; lecture text; 1 copy of handwritten invitation to dinner with Governor Darden

Catalog; 1 invitation; correspondence with artist; inventories; catalog copy; price information

Invitation; catalog; catalog copy; correspondence; copies of "Information Bulletin: Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; loan requests (including A La Vieille Russie); traveling exhibition contracts; shipping information and receipts (with before and after museums); inventories; other catalogs; price information; loan forms; annotated catalogs; original copy of "The Schaffer Collection of Authentic Imperial Russian Art Treasures"; correspondence with Ray Schaffer and others at ALVR regarding exhibition arrangements (no mention of Pratt) and damage to Faberge topaz vase

Catalog; correspondence with National Gallery (lender); insurance values and contracts; shipping information and receipts; gallery layout; catalog copy; research; loan requests

Correspondence from Davis, the VMFA Curator, with lenders to the exhibition with last names beginning with A-H; proof of article by Davis in Commonwealth Magazine; copy of text of article

Correspondence from Curator Davis and sometimes the Director with lenders to the exhibition with last names beginning with I-Z; copy of information releases re: survey

Correspondence with National Gallery Director (they had an exhibition at the same time); correspondence with Weddell (exhibition did not take place); copies of letters sent to the executive committee to explain decision

Copies of plan; correspondence with Weddell re: all the research that went into the aborted exhibition; correspondence with Mexican museums; Mrs. Whitman's reports on artists and museums' holdings

Correspondence with lenders & galleries; inventories with prices; shipping information and receipts (loans before and after)

Copies of labels on prints from National Gallery; inventory and instructions; shipping information (both before and after)

Civilian Open Air Art Sale announcement; copy of "War Art: A Catalogue of Paintings Done on the War Fronts by American Artists for Life," including Barse Miller and Paul Sample; catalog copy; inventories; copy of "Traveling Exhibitions," catalog by the AFA's National Exhibition Service; correspondence; 5 photographs of items in exhibit; copy of catalog, "Art Exhibition by Men of the Armed Forces"; shipping information and receipts; exhibition agreement; 1 copy of catalog

Copies of shipment return forms for paintings not chosen for 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art, many with comments, signed by artist/agent; inventory of paintings in the show

3rd Biennial prospectus (printed); 4th Biennial prospectus (typed); announcement of College Art in Virginia; prospectus copy (4th Biennial, Virginia Artists and Library bookplate); copy of Corcoran's prospectus (annotated); old 3rd Biennial prospectus (annotated); letter from Thomas Colt

Shipping information and receipts to lenders; correspondence with Worcester Art Museum and other museums; insurance values; correspondence with lenders attached

Press release copy; inventories by institution; correspondence with lenders; insurance values; shipping information and receipts; loan requests; book purchase requests

Invitation, catalog; catalog copy; correspondence; more shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: damages; annotated catalog

Loan forms and receipts

Invitation; correspondence with artists; catalog copy; inventories; annotated catalog; prices; shipping information and receipts; sales information

Correspondence with rug dealer; research; catalog copy; shipping information and receipts; annotated catalog; gallery layout; copies of things donor (H. Michaelyan) wrote; inventories with prices

Announcement/prospectus; typed press release; correspondence with artists; correspondence with jurors; invitation lists; correspondence to get more armed services men; list of entrants; catalog copy; one copy of entry card; one copy of catalog

Catalog; catalog copy; gallery layout; inventories; catalog proof; correspondence with jury

Invitation; exhibition contract; correspondence; gallery layout; invitation list; another list for even with Spanish speaking Luncheon Club; list of architects; press release copy; installation list from MOMA

Invitation; catalog; correspondence with possible lenders; lists of possible loans; ended up taking British-American Goodwill Exhibition; shipping information and receipts; inventories; budget figures

Catalog; one invitation; correspondence with author; list of invitations; 1 photograph of "Red Still Life"

Correspondence between curator and potential lenders; correspondence with institutions and churches

Correspondence with lender; correspondence re: damages; catalog copy; one catalog

Correspondence with lenders; correspondence re: damages (including 2 photographs)

Correspondence re: genre painting; exhibition; some from lenders, some not; some including photographs

Invitation list; correspondence with invitees to the 19th century genre preview; folder of handwritten notes re: genre; handwritten research; typed research

Correspondence with lender (DIA); inventories with values; shipping information and receipts; catalog copy

Correspondence with possible lenders (including 1 photograph from lender); research

Invitation; catalog; catalog copy; correspondence with artist (Colt is back!); inventories; sales information

Correspondence with artists; shipping information and receipts

Stenographers pad with notes from NY Gallery/dealers' visits; preliminary lists; final lists; correspondence with galleries; correspondence with invited artists; shipping information and receipts

Contracts with Budworth on shipping; correspondence with jurors; correspondence with Budworth; inventories with values and locations

Entry card: yellow (invited), regular (orange), good and bad news night (yellow-trifold), inclusion card; typed summary information; typed list of artists; teacher invitation (yellow); annotated catalog with prices; inventories by state; full catalog copy; list of Virginia artists; form letter to art teachers

Correspondence with dealers; clippings; other catalogs; correspondence with jury; award list; award letters to dealers and press

Prospectus; prospectus copy; list of recipients of entry cards and prospectus for distribution (art organizations, museums, dealers, etc.) and letters to them; letters to press; entry card copy; thank yous for sending out cards (n.b.: all lists of artists sent to/from dealers, museums, etc., were removed)

Letters confirming receipt of paintings returned, both those selected and those not; many with comments, less shipping complaints!

Hundreds of requests for entry cards

Hundreds more requests for entry cards

Invitation; catalog; invitation copy; catalog copy

Catalog; correspondence with artist; invitation copy; correspondence with Virginia World War 2 History Commission; inventory with prices; invitation list; catalog copy; letters to press; annotated catalog; correspondence with lenders

Invitation; correspondence with lender, Philadelphia Museum of Art; inventory; copy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch article; correspondence with potential lenders; copy of the Philadelphia Museum bulletin and Atwater Kent Museum bulletin

Catalog; invitation; correspondence with artist; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; inventories with values; invitation list; catalog copy, correspondence with wife Rosalie re: her photographs

Shipping receipts; catalog copy, correspondence with lenders; list of invitees; invitation

Recent Additions to the Upjohn Collection, catalog of collection; correspondence with dealer (Midtown Galleries); shipping information and receipts (both before and after); invitation

Catalog; invitation; catalog copy; catalog proof; correspondence with potential lenders; text of broadcast calling for paintings; shipping information and receipts; research (Davis)

Inventories with values; shipping information and receipts

Invitation; shipping information and receipts; inventories

Research; correspondence with furniture manufacturers; invitation copy; inventories; correspondence with Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA (main lenders); correspondence with Leslie Cheek, Jr. at Architectural Forum!; shipping information and receipts; catalog copy; letters to press (photograph of chair from Dubar, but not included in exhibition)

"Notice to Virginia Artists"; requests for entry blank; correspondence re: late entries; returned fees, etc.

Acknowledgement letters; press release; SSAL Bulletin (Summer 1947) (more of these later); inventories by state (jury picks); correspondence with artists, jurors and SSAL; breakdown of entry cards by place; lists of artists eligible for submission; entry cards of pieces bought or withdrawn; biographical notes on winners

24th Annual Convention program; catalog Virginia Art 1947; Southern Art 1947; invitation; entry card; SSAL membership blank; received card; rejection card; convention program copy; Southern art catalog copy; Virginia art catalog copy; catalog of 26th SSAL exhibition at the High; correspondence with SSAL; correspondence with jurors; list of works accepted (Virginia artists); old convention program; more SSAL bulletins; correspondence with artists re: 8 paintings that were vandalized; correspondence re: prizes; correspondence re: sales

Invitation; catalog proof; announcement from Camera Club; correspondence with artists; invitation copy; catalog copy

Correspondence with lenders; loan agreements; memo to staff re: handling of paintings; shipping information and receipts; inventories with insurance value

Correspondence with lenders by lender; inventories

Catalog; museum attendance card (9/3/47); correspondence with press; research; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; Budworth contracts; catalog copy; press releases; inventories; clippings

Invitation, American Commission brochure; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders, AFA; loan forms; catalog copy; inventories with values

Shipping information and receipts; catalog of exhibition; inventories; catalog copy; research; correspondence with AFA and AFRIM; label copy

Invitation; invitation copy

Correspondence re: shipping and receipts

Correspondence with Louvre and other institutions re: original Louvre collection not being available; 5 museums trying to do alternate French exhibition from dealers/galleries and some from Louvre; unknown outcome; ArtNews was involved too; trying to use a story in lieu of a catalog

Catalog; correspondence; clippings; sale information; text of lecture

Invitation copy; catalog copy; correspondence with artists; inventories; invitation to lecture; 1 catalog; shipping information and receipts

Shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; copy of Time (1/26/48), article on pages 47-48

Miscellaneous exhibition-related correspondence re: one mis-shipment to VMFA, most re: exhibition offers and programming

Index cards with lenders and item; correspondence with lenders

Correspondence with potential lenders (denials)

Catalog; correspondence with press; correspondence with Mrs. Catesby; invitation copy; correspondence with Lurçat; typed article on Jones; preview invitation lists and replies; catalog requests; radio press release copy; typescript copy of "A Letter to A Friend on Modern Art," by T. Catesby Jones; typescript copies of all of his writings, incorporated into catalog; catalog copy

Prospectus; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with press; checklist with insurance values; loan requests for paintings in exhibition; list of artists to whom they sent biographical questionnaires

Prospectus; correspondence with medal winners; correspondence re: sales; list of artists by state; submission statistics by state; statistics tally sheets (one per state); correspondence with press

Copy of La Revue Moderne magazine (July 1947) from artist Wilma Prezzi who was featured in magazine but declined to submit; correspondence with artists, answering questions; comments from artists re: submission vs. invitation, etc.; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with galleries; requests for entry cards; correspondence re: Pepsi Cola Southern Regional Competition in Richmond (artists could specify that if work was not accepted, it could go to Pepsi exhibition)

Correspondence with artists; correspondence with dealers; valuation information; shipping information and receipts; lists of invited artists (by name, by agent/organization, some with annotated values)

"Arrangements for the Jury"; shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: jurors; correspondence with jury

Invitation; rejection card; entry card (pink); entry card – invited & acceptance card (yellow); annotated invitation (5th Biennial); prospectus copy; annotated entry cards and prospectus (5th Biennial); invitation copy; catalog copy

Rejection letter; prospectus

Signed rejection letter; receipts, some with comments - catalog request, why receipts request, or badly packed

Requests for entry cards (mainly from artists), a few with replies

Requests for entry cards (mainly from artists), a few with replies

2 photographs (lamp and manuscript); list of objects lent by The Jewish Museum in NY; correspondence with The Jewish Museum; lists with values; clipping; catalog copy

Invitation; correspondence with potential lenders and potential advisors; invitation letter; correspondence with The Jewish Museum; shipping information and receipts; clippings [no catalog made]

"The Common Glory" Poster Project; correspondence with Virginia Conservation Commission; exhibition information (typed); entry lists by high school; tea information; shipping information and receipts [all from Mrs. Muriel Christison]

Original pencil drawing plus blueprint copy of drawing by Leslie Cheek, Jr., for outside signpost for exhibition

Catalog; shipping information and receipts (loan from Philadelphia Museum of Art); correspondence with Philadelphia; list of Richmond artists to be added to exhibition; label copy for Richmond artists; correspondence with selected artists in exhibition; checklists from Philadelphia

Correspondence with lenders; research correspondence; lists of photographs with values

Original drawings and one blueprint copy of exhibition signage, exhibition labels, and gallery layout

Checklist (one portion circulated by MOMA); shipping information and receipts; correspondence with MOMA; membership lists cf: Virginia Chapter of AIA, Home Builders Association of Richmond, Richmond Real Estate Exchange; exhibition contract; 1 invitation; preview invitation letter; correspondence with Architectural Forum (they circulated the other portion); correspondence re: film rentals

Correspondence with dealer (Knoedler); shipping information & receipts

Invitation; correspondence; checklist with values; shipping information and receipts; exhibition construction notes; correspondence with dealers; press release copy (typed); correspondence with artists; invitation list; correspondence with lenders

Original blueprint copy of signage

Catalog; shipping information and receipts; checklists; correspondence with Colonel Anderson; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with artist

Draft exhibition schedules; correspondence with Colonel Anderson; correspondence with various organizations and institutions (including AFA)

Draft exhibition schedules; correspondence with Colonel Anderson; correspondence with various organizations and institutions (including AFA); catalogs; photographs; clippings

Shipping information and receipts; checklist; correspondence with artist

Lecture invitation; correspondence with lecturers; information regarding exhibit from American Craftsmen Educational Council; correspondence re: sales; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence with the Coin Club re: exhibition; later declined due to Colt's resignation

Correspondence with American Craftsmen Educational Council (lender); correspondence with lecturers; shipping information and receipts; exhibition information; ACEI brochure; clipping

Invitation; correspondence with vendors; checklist with values; invitation copy; shipping information and receipts

4 original drawings of lectern, information panels/stands; gallery layout, etc.

Catalog; correspondence with Canadian Embassy; correspondence with National Gallery of Canada (co-sponsor); shipping information and receipts; lecture copy; correspondence with lecturer; research; catalog copy; exhibition plan/schedule (to do); 1 copy of invitation; gallery layout

Correspondence with National Gallery of Canada; correspondence with press; correspondence with state forester (lent pine trees); research; clipping; photograph and biography of curator

Original drawing of exhibition sign

Correspondence with Virginia State Board of Education; correspondence with Southeastern Arts Association; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with education institutions (Mrs. Christison)

Form letter to Antiquarian Society members; preview invitation list; Antiquarian Society history (co-sponsor)

Original drawing of Museum information panel and traveling show panel

Invitation copy; correspondence with MOMA re: traveling exhibition; shipping information and receipts; billing information

1 drawing of Calder signs

Preview invitation, correspondence with artist; correspondence with lenders; invitation copy; correspondence with Philip Godwin and Mrs. T. Catesby Jones; research; correspondence with Archipenko; clippings (response to Richmond Times-Dispatch article mocking exhibition); Calder's handwritten invitation list [no catalog made]

Correspondence with lenders (galleries, dealers, museums, etc.); checklists; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; checklists with values; press release copy

Checklists; exhibition information (typed); receipts

Photograph of books and Hurds; children's books catalog (retail); correspondence with publishers; research; clipping; correspondence with lenders; label copy; shipping information and receipts; checklists by publisher, by lender, by artist

Correspondence with lender; checklist with values; correspondence with artist; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence with lender; correspondence with publicity; research

Correspondence with lender; correspondence with publicity; label copy; shipping information and receipts

Outline of children's programs from summer workshops; research on group behavior; clipping; Richmond Film Society Program; photograph of Times Square in New York; Department of Education Annual Report copy; lots of random exhibition information copies; clippings; correspondence with educational services

Correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; exhibition information (typed); correspondence with artists

1 drawing, layout for panel

1 layout and 1 piece of correspondence

1 drawing – summer sign, 1949

Exhibition offerings from galleries, institutions, etc.; AFA brochures

Exhibition schedule; invitation lists; correspondence; clippings

1949-1950 season schedule; schedules; correspondence re: possible exhibitions

Correspondence with lenders; dinner invitation list and preparation; shipping information and receipts; budget/billing information; checklist with values; research

Correspondence re: catalog; cut-out reply from VMFA Bulletin

Postcard announcement; correspondence re: catalog requests

Correspondence organized by lender with lenders; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence re: insurance; checklists by subject/person; research; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; checklists with values

Correspondence and paintings list, just as title says

Correspondence re: permission to reproduce images for catalog [originally not intended to publish catalog; did so after exhibition]

Catalog copy

Correspondence re: cost of prints ordered and made for show

Announcement; Baltimore catalog; preview invitation; 3 photographs; copies of her other catalogs (Mrs. James Ward Thorne); correspondence with Women's League Club; correspondence with lender (circulating museum AIC); budget information; checklists; shipping information and receipts; exhibition contract; correspondence with publicity; copies of various magazines (Virginia Bulletin, Virginia Women's Magazine); correspondence with PTA's

Blueprints: room installation (3 copies) and original drawing; drawing of signs; drawing of entrance details

Checklist; 8 photographs; correspondence with publicity; budget information; admission price policy; lecture and tour schedule; correspondence re: catalog including billing information

Checklist

Correspondence with Library of Congress re: loan of lithograph; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence with Block, including copies of publicity; checklists with values; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence with Block and others

3 drawings of exhibition signage

Drawing and blueprint copy of information kiosk; 1 photograph; 3 other layouts of the exhibition, including 2 didactic panel layouts by Cheek ("Russia Before the Revolution" and "Imperial Jewelry of Russia")

Correspondence on opening of show; proposed schedule; checklists by lenders; shipping information and receipts; checklists by artists; correspondence with artists; checklists with values

Checklists; shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: catalog; correspondence with publicity; research; statistics from 6th Biennial; correspondence with artists; catalog mailing list; catalog copy; loan information forms

2 excerpts from publicity (typed); correspondence with catalog essay authors; correspondence with publicity; clippings; checklists; catalog copy; requests from artists; chipping information and receipts; correspondence of James Johnson Sweeney (sole juror invited); checklist for traveling exhibition; hand-written copy of register of the paintings received

1 drawing of layout and signage; 2 small lettering drawings; 1 small catalog sign drawing

Shipping information and receipts including correspondence with artists, bills and information for crating requests; correspondence re: Richmond regional jury process for national metropolitan competition

Press release; correspondence with Sweeney; correspondence with publicity; shipping information and receipts; checklists, sales information

Sweeney's own correspondence with artists and dealers and galleries re: exhibition, including Naum Gabo and Morris Louis

Correspondence with SF MOMA; checklist from AFA; copies of publicity; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with AFA; 1 copy of catalog

Drawing and blueprint copy of layout

Catalog copy; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts (or label)

1 photograph; catalog (or label) copy; correspondence with Knoedler (lender); shipping information and receipts; 1 photograph of X-ray

Invitation lists; correspondence; radio spot information; correspondence with lenders; checklists; shipping information and receipts; press release copy; catalog copy; loan item information blank

One note on a rug cleaning

Checklists with values, by lender and by artist; label research; correspondence with lenders; installation notes; shipping information and receipts; press release copy; correspondence with other institutions including the Met where the exhibition went next

Correspondence with AFA (distributor of exhibition); shipping information and receipts; checklist; information on the photographer (non-VMFA publicity); correspondence with photographer

Photograph of Reino Aarnio soap dish for Fiat Metal, photograph of new RCA portable radio; correspondence with lenders [sold it as a big 2-3 year traveling exhibition]; shipping information and receipts; clippings (for ideas); correspondence with manufacturers from all around the USA; lots of catalogs; installation sketches; catalog copy; lists of checklists from a similar MOMA exhibition; 1 copy of preview invitation; checklists; label copy

Correspondence with Block (Post cartoonist) and Comstock (Connoisseur and Antiques magazine editor); lectures; biographical information; correspondence with publicity

Original drawing plus 2 blueprint copies of design for silver display case

Correspondence with lenders from 1940 show due to requests by an author, prompted by current Valentine show; clipping re: Valentine show; copy of 1940 catalog

Correspondence with Rogers and her agent; confusion about scheduling dates; article in Vogue about Rogers [ended up cancelling show due to high costs of insurance and shipping]

Shipping information and receipts and labels for loan of some Pratt jewels by Mrs. Joseph Davies of Washington D.C. to the 1950 Easter eggs exhibition

Catalog [loan exhibition organized by the English speaking Union]; copy of catalog; microfilm copy of NYT clipping; correspondence with ESU; copies of ESU Bulletin; checklists; press release copy; correspondence with other institutions who are borrowing; catalog/label copy; shipping information and receipts installation instructions; annotated catalog; big ESU publicity kit; correspondence to/from J. L. Blair Buck in State Board of Education, main contact and President of the ESU, Virginia Branch; original NYT clipping; correspondence to/from Brigadier J.W.F. Treadwell, VP of ESU [called it "Operation Canvass" to garner interest in ESU in Virginia]; billing/payment information; correspondence with British Embassy

Correspondence with Knoedler and Newhouse [photograph of painting offered but not chosen]; copy of invitation; picked Provost's painting from Knoedler – in another folder]; correspondence re: cedar trees in galleries

Circulated by MOMA; correspondence with them; packing instructions; loan agreements; loan contracts; checklists; shipping information and receipts

Group form letter; correspondence with Wedgwood & Sons; publicity information; research; checklists; correspondence with other institutions; shipping information and receipts; 1 copy of invitation; list of Wedgwood dealers in Virginia [to invite]; correspondence with Annie Reese, Director of Promotions and Hensleigh Wedgwood, President, who lectured at preview

Correspondence with various clubs; dinner party plans and invitee lists; more correspondence with Wedgwood; copy of Museum bulletin; biographical information on Hensleigh; shipping information and receipts

Shipping information and receipts; biographical information; Museum Bulletin copy; installation instructions; label information forms; correspondence with Newhouse; checklists with values

Drawing of label boards; drawing of signage

Chose 4 exhibitions from PAU to circulate; correspondence with PAW; exhibition information; checklists; shipping information and receipts

Announcement; correspondence with printers; correspondence re: sales [1st year Museum has added Architecture]; copy for all printed materials; correspondence with prizewinning artists (including Stuart Davis); correspondence re: azaleas; biographical information on jury chairman, Hermann Williams, Director of Corcoran; correspondence with publicity; clippings; copy of catalog from 1949

Prospectus; requests for blanks; letter copy re: Virginia art interest and education and businesses; correspondence with artists; correspondence with art departments; correspondence re: sales; jury comments; biographical juror information; breakdown/tally by city; correspondence with jurors

Catalog copy; checklists with prices; correspondence with artists re: blanks; shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: sales and purchases; 1 copy of catalog

4 original drawings; introductory panels, signage; layout sketches; traveling show panels

4 drawings of lighting layouts in gallery; 1 drawing of movie projector stand; 1 drawing of panels; 1 drawing of overall layout

9 photographs of Metropolitan Museum of Art objects; copy of invitation; label copy for projector room showing film on armor; other label copy; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with Met (major lender); correspondence with lecturer (Gracey), curator of Met arms & armor

Correspondence with artist and his wife; biographical information; copy of catalog from Hollins; clippings

1 photo of Stuart Davis; biographical information; catalog copy; shipping information and receipts; checklists with values; loan agreements; correspondence with jurors; correspondence with lender; correspondence with potential jurors (Andrew Wyeth)

2 drawings: sign and panel layout

Photograph of Tsar Nicholas II and family; 2 page exhibition design write-up (color, lighting, cases); catalog copy

Memo re: Arthritis Foundation; article on Dufy; reprint of 3/51 article on Dufy; paintings information sheets; shipping information and receipts; catalog of ICA in Boston; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with Arthritis Foundation; checklists with values; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with Dufy's gallery agent

4 drawings of signs and layouts

11 photographs of layout with and without people; close-ups of panels; correspondence with lecturer; correspondence with American Institute for Graphic Arts (organizer); publicity materials from AIGA; shipping information and receipts; catalog

Dinner guest list; correspondence with Chrysler; Chrysler catalog copy; correspondence with NYT

Photograph of Chrysler; copy of Art Digest (October 15, 1951) with photograph of gallery setup; catalog copy (paintings); correspondence with publicity; shipping information and receipts; catalogs of exhibition at University of Miami Art Gallery (correspondence with University of Miami Gallery also); checklist

Checklists and hanging order; correspondence with publicity; rough layout; catalog copy; correspondence with artist; checklist with values; correspondence with AFA (organizer); AFA 1953 catalog; wonderful letters that are art!

Preview invitation; correspondence with artist and wife; checklists

Catalog; correspondence with Director of Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (Anna Wetherill Olmsted, speaker); biographical information on her, checklist

1 drawing: installation layout

14 photographs of items; "prize awards" press release; correspondence with Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts; publicity information from SMFA; catalogs; catalog copy; shipping information and receipts; annotated catalogs (one size, one price)

Correspondence with various institutions and individuals re: potential exhibitions, some with catalogs and clippings; list of proposed exhibition season

Correspondence with lender (Ouriel) and gallery (Knoedler); shipping information and receipts

Various mailing lists (Bulletin, publications), some by type, some alpha; letters to other institutions offering mailings (all Miss Frances Boushall)

1 drawing of small museum truck

Layout panels for 1st Museum brochure/guide

1 drawing and 1 copy of Information & Publication Desk of Museum

Correspondence with lenders of fabrics; shipping information and receipts; some original tags; label copy; some catalogs

Correspondence re: invitation mailing (one with return address of VMFA, one with Kiwanis Club); correspondence with lenders in Los Angeles

Invitation to screening; preview invitation list to film screening

Invitation; catalog copy; checklists; Mona Lisa research; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; 1 copy of catalog; correspondence with organizer; invitation copy; installation information; correspondence with Kiwanis Club

6 blueprints for models by Panold Masters; 1 drawing of signs; 1 drawing of layout; 4 drawings of lighting; 3 drawings of niches

1 drawing of layouts, panels

Catalog copy; clippings; annotated copy of catalog of retablos from Barton Collection; shipping information and receipts; checklists; annotated copies of catalog of textiles from Barton Collection; correspondence re: damage to retablos; correspondence with institutions; correspondence with lenders

1 drawing of signs; 4 drawings of lighting; 1 drawing of details of interior; 3 drawings of layout; 1 drawing of interior

1 photograph of clock; few compliments; some receipts for library exchange

Correspondence; damage reports; receipts; memos

Correspondence with Helen Comstock (editor of Magazine Antiques and guest curator); correspondence with potential lenders (individuals and institutions)

Correspondence with WSG; clippings; shipping information

Correspondence with WSG; catalog copy; press release copy; press releases; shipping information and receipts; biographical information; checklist with prices

2 photographs of paintings; traveling checklist; correspondence with artist; clippings; press release; catalog copy; catalogs of shows in New York and Toronto; shipping information and receipts; label copy; checklist with values; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with AFA (originator)

Invitation to preview; correspondence with designer and speaker, John Van Koert; correspondence with Walker Art Center (organizer); copy of Walker invitation

Press release; publicity copies from Towle Silversmiths; press releases; copy of catalog from Walker

5 photographs (duplicates); invitation to preview; press release copy; correspondence with Fogg; copy of catalog from Detroit; label copy, checklists; shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: theft of Degas drawing

Invitation to preview; invitation to lecture; clippings; correspondence with artisans re: exhibition decoration; correspondence with other lenders; shipping information and receipts; checklists; correspondence with dressmaker/speaker (Pauline Trigère); correspondence with Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute

Correspondence with lenders; research (list of American and English novels); shipping information and receipts; correspondence with publisher; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with Met's Costume Institute; checklists with values

6 photographs (5 paintings and Maxson Holloway, Chicago Historical Society curator); shipping information and receipts; checklists; correspondence with Chicago Historical Society (organizer); annotated catalog from CHS; correspondence with other institutions; bulletin copy; press release

Catalog; correspondence with CHS; correspondence with other lender (Broadnax)

Photograph of picture; press release; correspondence with Red Cross; clippings; invitation copy; Red Cross promotional material; press release copy

Catalog; correspondence with AFA (organizer); shipping information and receipts

Shipping information and receipts; checklists

Correspondence with members of Club; correspondence with AFA

Drawing of layout; 2 photographs of paintings not in exhibit; research; label copy; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; checklists

Correspondence with Lady Astor; checklist of gift

Catalog copy; correspondence re: opening and Governor's dinner; invitation proofs; correspondence with publicity; text of Colonel Anderson's speech

Correspondence re: opening (mainly regrets)

Correspondence with the artist

1 drawing of sign

Correspondence with Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, organizer; lecturer is Director, James Sachs Plaut; promotional materials

Correspondence with ICA in Boston; shipping information and receipts; catalog

Invitation; photograph of painting (1952); label copy; installation instructions; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders

1 clipping

Clipping; press release copy re: move of cigar store figures from Jefferson to VMFA

Lots of correspondence from different institutions; publicity; list of contacts with great comments

Correspondence with dealers, galleries, institutions; lots of publicity included; schedule of exhibitions for year, especially those from AFA

Correspondence with woman at new museum about restoring a painting

1 photograph of Leonardo's bridge; Boushall's correspondence file with publicity and others interested in our publications and exhibitions

Correspondence with dealers, galleries, institutions; lots of publicity included; schedule of exhibitions for year, especially those from AFA

Quiz sheet

7 photographs of opening, gallery and piece; 1 copy of catalog

2 drawings and 1 copy of gallery layout and entry desk

Checklist; invitation, shipping information and receipts

1 drawing of book and theme table layout

6 photographs of Goya pieces; 1 photograph of someone (with mandala); catalog copy

2 invitations (1 with checklist; 1 for loan exhibition); label copy; checklists; correspondence; correspondence with lenders; catalog requests; catalog proof; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence; label copy; cover of U.S. News & World Report (2/13/53) (looks like De Stijl); shipping information and receipts; correspondence with MOMA (organizer); checklists

Press release copy; correspondence with Netherlands Embassy; lecture copy (introductions); lecturer biographical information [Carroll L. V. Meeks, Assoc. Professor of Architecture and Art History at Yale]; correspondence with MOMA

Correspondence with jurors; correspondence with potential jurors; lists of loan requests; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with publicity; shipping information and receipts; checklists; installation memos; checklists with values

"The Significance of African Art," 8 photographs of items; publication reprint of "Warega Ivories" by Ladislas Segy; label copy; publications from Segy Gallery on African Art; correspondence with Segy Gallery (organizer); biographical data on speaker [James Johnson Sweeney, Director of the Guggenheim in NYC]; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence with speaker; label copy; press release copy; publications from Segy Gallery

1 photograph of street scene, but it has been drawn on

Copy of 1949 catalog; 1 copy of catalog; label copy; checklists by city; catalog copy; letter from Theresa Pollak regarding the way the show is chosen and hung; correspondence with artists; annotated older biennial materials; list of purchase recommendations; schedule for jurors visit; catalogs from other institutions (state shows); shipping information and receipts; traveling evaluation checklists

Copy of 1953 prospectus; correspondence with artists (Pollard's correspondence file); list of entry cards received

Correspondence with artists re: missing checks, incomplete blanks or other issues (Gaines' file)

Information from MOMA (organizer); correspondence with MOMA; checklists; shipping information and receipts; installation memo; 1 copy of invitation to opening

2 drawings

List of loans (Baltimore Museum of Art); correspondence with BMA; correspondence with speaker [Mrs. Adelyn D. Breeskin, Director of the BMA]; installation memo; checklists; label copy; shipping information and receipts. Show had 16 year age limit!

Entry/prospectus; correspondence with American Craftsmen's Educational Council; list of regional entries; correspondence with artists; completed entries; shipping information and receipts

February 1953 issue of "The Richmond Home Builder"

Mayor's reception schedule; lecture copy; copy of Directory of Virginia Governmental Officials (November 1950); invitation lists and planning

1 copy of invitation; lecture copy; correspondence with potential consultants

Correspondence with Thalhimer's; press release copy; lecture copy; slide list; clippings; speaker biography

Correspondence re: parking problems and conferring police authority to the Museum's guards

"The New Art Wind Quintet" press release; Harp Trio photograph and program; correspondence re: New Art Wind Quintet; contract copy; Harp Trio press release copy; Philippe Entremart photo; press release copy and program; correspondence with National Music league; programs; clippings

1 photograph of Victor Guye; actually a Goya exhibition file – correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; checklists

Invitation; photograph of Queen Anne teapot; "Art in Fashion" invitation; label copy; catalog copy; correspondence with Lipton (lender) and Lipton's dealer; correspondence with speaker

Correspondence with potential participants; interim reports; correspondence with institutions in Scandinavia; exhibition proposal (typed); correspondence with embassies, consulates, etc.; shipping information and receipts; label copy; correspondence with speaker [John Van Koert]; checklists; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with AFA (organizer); 1 copy of brief prospectus; list of itinerary

Folder is incorrectly labeled "1967" at Library of Virginia. 1 drawing (1953-54); ALL FROM THE 1950'S: panel copy; shipping information and receipts; clippings; Sidney Janis catalogue; 1 copy of Bulletin (11/53); 1 copy of invitation, plus 1 internal memo re: new iteration as traveling show, checklist

1953 Virginia Artists prospectus; correspondence with artists; correspondence with publicity; label copy; correspondence with Des Moines Art Center (co-sponsor); shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; correspondence re: purchases; biographical information on Dwight Kirsch (curator of show and Director of DMAC)

Mailing 12/1/55, "To Virginia Painters"; budget information; correspondence with artists; correspondence with Dwight Kirsch; annotated catalog; catalog requests; catalog disbursement list; shipping information and receipts; copy of Kansas State College Biennial Catalog (including quote from Kirsch)

1 photograph of artist and painting (John Koos with wife and Peter Khan, head of Hampton Institute Art Department); correspondence with juror; press release; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with artists (Newell's correspondence file); biographical information on Kirsch; clippings

1 copy each of 1950 and 1954 catalogs

Catalog copy; catalog proof; suggested arrangement; label copy, checklists

1 photograph of Armand Hammer; 1 photograph of room in his house; 1 photograph of Breughel painting; 1 photograph of [Erwin] Panofsky [from Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton], lecturer; 2 press releases; correspondence with Hammer; general collection information

1 drawing of main panel layout

Correspondence with lenders and dealers, artists; shipping information and receipts

Shipping information and receipts

Registration forms for each painting; checklists by gallery and by artist

Entry cards (completed); other institutional catalogs; prospectus copy; annotated catalogs; catalog copy; 1 copy of catalog; label copy correspondence with artists; correspondence re: publicity; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with jurors

Prospectus; mailing lists; budget tracking; correspondence with jurors

6 photographs of designs; shipping information and receipts; label copy; correspondence with AFA (organizer); checklists; correspondence with Cooper Union (lender)

2 drawings of panel layouts; notes re: pre-Columbian panel layout

1 drawing of panel layout; label copy

1 drawing of 20th century gallery layout with section for Virginia rotating artists; correspondence with artists; correspondence re: purchases; shipping information and receipts; biographical information; correspondence with lenders; memos re: installation; checklists

Checklists by lender and by artist; correspondence with lenders; label copy; shipping information and receipts; copy of catalog from University of Louisville with similar exhibition

1 drawing of panels; notes re: panels for exhibition

Letter to AFA re: exhibitions; exhibition proposal for Design for Theatre

Correspondence with various people and institutions re: possible exhibitions; program schedule for 1953-54; scattered exhibition-related materials as well; correspondence re: various programs, performances and dinners; correspondence with publicity; copies of Members Bulletin for March, April & May, 1954

1 photograph of Furniture of the Old South; mainly lists, both general and for particular shows

Correspondence re: an article proposed by Gulf on the Artmobile, including a photographic assignment, to run in their company magazine Orange Disc; correspondence re: subsequent mailing of issue

Letter to Presidents of Garden Clubs, 10/11/54; correspondence re: securing funding for Waddy fountain planting each season; mailing lists

Correspondence re: arrangement to use galleries for their meetings

Membership List

Copy of The Orange Disc Magazine (March-April 1954); list of Artmobile pictures used

Drawing of new membership brochure [Not taken, too hard to reproduce]; annotated membership forms; new form copy; copies of MOMA & Walker membership forms; membership campaign materials: proposal, committee schedule, plan for calls, etc., minutes of meetings, campaign reports, membership report (statistics)

Correspondence re: special loan exhibition from permanent collection; shipping information and receipts; checklists

Correspondence re: meeting; biographical information on speakers; schedule/agenda; transcribed notes from Question & Answer session

2 photographs of mural; correspondence with Rochester Institute of Technology, where she was a student (she was a VMFA Fellowship winner); correspondence with artist

"Endorsement of the forthcoming Artmobile" 3/10/53; "An Exhibition of Sculpture from Africa," 3/22/53; "The Hammer Collection…" [n.d.]; "The VMFA has purchased 3 paintings…" 3/24/54 (short one); copies of press releases from March/April 1952/1954

13 drawings of pedestals in various galleries; notes

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for American 19th Century

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for Early Near Eastern

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for Late Italian and Spanish

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for Roman

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for Oriental

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for German

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for French 17th-18th centuries

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for Italian, 14th & 15th centuries

Just list of photographs for English 16th-17th centuries

1 drawing (English 18th-19th centuries; 3 photograph lists (medieval, American 18th century, English 18th-19th centuries

1 drawing; 1 list of photographs for American 20th century

List of photographs for Virginia Today

1 drawing (Egyptian); list of photographs for Egyptian, notes

2 drawings of text panels; notes; list of photographs for North Sculpture Hall

Photograph of Blanche Tarjus; correspondence; biographical information; program copy; programs; clippings; publicity materials from National Music League; artist fee schedule; correspondence with artists; invitation copy

Photograph of damaged jade, 2 annotated photographs (all Minneapolis); shipping information and receipts; label outlines; checklists by lender and by type; correspondence with lenders; clippings, research notes; label copy; correspondence with other potential lenders

3 panel layout drawings; 4 other layout drawings; label copy; label outlines; section color suggestions and samples; list of cases needed

1 photograph of children with eggs; tear sheets from Interiors magazine; copy of 1947 Pratt catalog; suggested publicity schedule; outline of work to be done; label copy; correspondence; press releases; research; clippings; correspondence with publicity

1 drawing; 6 photographs; blue AFA Catalog list; correspondence with AFA (organizer); label copy; checklists; shipping information and receipts; fabric and paper samples; correspondence with lenders

Correspondence with artist; biographical information; shipping information and receipts; label copy; checklists

1 drawing, 1 photograph of Karolik; catalog copy; checklist; shipping information and receipts; label copy; dimension list; correspondence with Smithsonian (organizer); correspondence with collector (Maxim Karolik); 1 copy of invitation; copy of bulletin; copy of MFA Boston Bulletin on collection (10/51)

William Kienbusch and William Zorach [2 of 3 judges] catalogs; list of purchase considerations; correspondence with artists; correspondence with galleries; shipping information and receipts; checklists

1 drawing; clippings; bulletin photograph copy; correspondence with Addison (1 letter) [Addison Gallery of American Art, Chairman of Jury was Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr., Director of Addison]

Correspondence with artists; biographical information; label copy; shipping information and receipts

1 drawing; label list

1 photograph of Charles Baker; 1 drawing; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; checklists; biographical information; Davis' Fellowship application; label copy

Correspondence with artists; mailing lists of artists; requests for blanks

Correspondence with artists; requests for blanks; correspondence re: incomplete forms or missing checks; handwritten list of entries received

4 layout drawings

List of winners; copy of blank certificate; copy of green prospectus; checklists; shipping information and receipts; entry copy; catalog copy; label copy; other institutions' catalogs/prospectuses; correspondence with jurors; staff members; list of artists

Correspondence with artists; entry blank requests; shipping information and receipts

Correspondence with artists; biographical information; shipping information and receipts; label copy

Typed remarks by preview speaker [Honorable Shigenobu Shima, Minister of Japan]; list of credits for exhibition

Drawings of invitation copy; 1 photograph; checklists (organized by MOMA); correspondence; label copy; 1 copy of invitation; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with Minister of Japan (preview speaker); press release copy; correspondence with MOMA; correspondence with MIYA company (lent accessories); correspondence with Japan Society

1 drawing of panel layout; correspondence with artists; shipping information and receipts; checklist

Correspondence with Corcoran (lender); label copy; shipping information and receipts

2 photographs of ICA installation; checklists from ICA in Boston; fabric samples; correspondence with manufacturer (i.e.; lender); includes some publicity materials and catalogs; shipping information and receipts; list of items sold to staff members; ICA catalog/brochure copy; correspondence with ICA; ICA press releases; label copy; ICA catalogs (1954 & 1955)

Checklist; miscellaneous correspondence; ICA news releases; fabric samples; checklists

Shipping receipts for Designs for Christmas show

List of items available for purchase; correspondence with manufacturers re: sale

3 photographs; publicity materials from Virginia Chapter of AIA; shipping information and receipts; label copy

Copies of suggested schedule

Few pieces of miscellaneous correspondence related to other exhibitions

2 photographs of Suzanne Bloch; correspondence with various music organizations; publicity materials (mainly programs); clippings; Suzanne Bloch press release copy and biographical information

Catalogs and samples of wall and paper materials

Letter solicitation (7/1/55); correspondence with studios; research; exhibition proposals (Samuel Goldwyn or Cecil B. DeMille); mailing list

Correspondence; correspondence with manufacturers (including catalogs)

Copy of the Annual Report; typed and written drafts for "Information Services and Public Relations" report

Press release; correspondence with publicity; clippings; mailing lists; grand opening schedules; new members' room information

Copy of letter to press (11/29/55); memo re: use of mats sent to newspapers from Rex Allyn to Cheek; 5 actual mats by Virginia Stereotype Service

1 photograph of camera; correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg (author of book on Cook); label copy; camera catalogs; checklists; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; insurance information; 1 copy of invitation; research articles

John Koenig was Guest Promotion Director; correspondence with publicity; news releases; mailing lists; clippings; copy of catalog

Bulletin copy; Bulletin proofs; correspondence with speakers

2 copies of newsletter (2/55 and 12/54); 1 piece of AFA membership publicity

Copies of 51st and 53rd programs; copy of letter to publisher of 55th (VMFA was in it)

Rex Allyn's correspondence file; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with other institutions; clippings

4 drawings; 10 photographs; copy of catalog of traveling show in São Paulo, copy of checklist and hanging order sheet; label copy; correspondence with artists; publicity; biographical information; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with publisher; press release, checklists (for traveling too); circulated by AFA

Copy of invitation to costume ball with note about asking about museum as location

AFA Newsletter, 12/55

Publicity; correspondence with Junior League about volunteers; copies of articles in The Leaguer; press releases

Publicity; copy; catalog photographs; correspondence with speakers; cards with state exhibitions on them; clippings

Publicity; copy of Bulletin; press releases

Copy of Carl Sandberg's prologue; invitation; correspondence with MOMA (circulator); copies of drawings of installation from MOMA; copy of catalog; contract; press releases; checklists; shipping information and receipts

Article copies (by Marguerite Tabb)

Correspondence with Jaycees

Correspondence

Correspondence with Society; copies of minutes

Publicity from American National Theatre and Academy

Correspondence with WRVirginia & WLEE; list of personnel

Publicity; Artmobile schedule

Correspondence with Society; publicity; schedule and financial statement of Society

Press releases (4/14/55; 4/12/55); schedule and procedure for ceremony of awards (4/29/55); press release (4/25/55); other press releases

Copy of minutes from meeting

Correspondence with printers; budget information; samples of items; purchase orders

Miscellaneous correspondence

Correspondence; summary and minutes from conference

Correspondence with Whitney Museum; correspondence with other museum directors (Leslie Cheek a sort of consultant)

Copy of letter from Rhoads to Board; correspondence with Rhoads

Correspondence re: Georg Jensen exhibition; checklists (from SITES)

Correspondence with artists; biographical information; checklists; shipping information and receipts

Invitation; correspondence with Catherwood Foundation; label copy; exhibition proposal

Press release; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with Catherwood; Catherwood publicity; checklists; label copy

1 drawing of layout; label copy; checklists; list of loans requested; shipping information and receipts; correspondence; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with lenders; 2 annotated copies of printed checklists; copy of Bulletin

1 copy of printed checklist; correspondence with lenders; request for information cards; 1 annotated copy of printed checklist

"Caption for Watteau Mat" and press release (1/11/52); press releases; list of loans; checklists

Correspondence with potential lenders for Fetes Galantes

Photography purchase requests; invoices

Shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; clippings

Correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; request for information forms; label copy

1 copy of catalog; 1 copy of Ford Times on which the show was based; checklists; correspondence; catalog copy; correspondence with Ford; copy of story for Commonwealth

2 photographs of Helen Wearstler Foht; 1 duplicate photograph of her; checklists; correspondence with artists; shipping information and receipts; label copy

Correspondence with artist and his dealer (Hammer Galleries); copy of the exhibition catalog; label copy; 1 book jacket of his (High World); insurance information; shipping information and receipts

2 photographs; checklists; shipping information & receipts; correspondence with artists; label copy

1 photograph; 1 duplicate photograph (Aubrey Bodine or O.F. Romig) [these 2 were judges, A. Aubrey Bodine of Baltimore and Orlando F. Romig of Pittsburgh]; correspondence with artists

Shipping information and receipts; correspondence; press release

1 photograph of unknown; 1 photograph of Carl Roseberg; shipping information and receipts; sales information; checklists; correspondence with artists; label copy

3 photographs; checklists; biographical information; correspondence with artists; label copy

Invitation; list of possible artists publicity/catalogs from other shows; invitation copy; mailing list; checklists; correspondence with Sculpture Center; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; correspondence with lenders; label copy

4 drawings of label panels; sheet for each with list of photographs for panels

2 photographs; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; checklists; sale information; biographical information; label copy

Invitation; 1 photograph of show at Corcoran; 1 drawing; also 1 drawing of Chinese gallery, press release 3/4/55; correspondence with SITES (organizer); shipping information and receipts; checklists; correspondence re: damage to a chair; label copy; correspondence with publicity; 1 copy of catalog; 1 copy of Danish Foreign Office Journal

Correspondence with lender; shipping information and receipts; checklists; George Poiret print collection exhibition catalog (rents them)

1 photograph; correspondence; clippings

Copy for theatre publications

Program for 57-58 season; copy for earlier brochure

One letter re: season's policies

2 pieces of correspondence

"A Proposal," (letter 7/14/56); Dance Society meeting minutes; correspondence; budget information; mailing list

Program April 20, February 24, January 6, October 21, September 16; correspondence (1 letter); 1 copy of a mailing

Checkbook; correspondence re: taxes

1 photograph (Richard Steinway); duplicate photograph (John Langstaff); 1 photograph of John Langstaff with Berkshire Quartet; 1 duplicate photograph and 1 regular photograph of Albeneri Trio; 1 season program

1 photograph of John Langstaff; 1 duplicate photograph of Robert Conant; 2 photographs of Amadeus Quartet; 1 photograph of Alfred Deller; 1 duplicate photograph of Alfred Deller Trio; 1 photograph of Emily Frankel and Mark Ryder; correspondence; proposed relations between the 2 organizations; meeting minutes; letter drafts; program copy; publicity materials

Wishes to thank card; Davenport Carrington letter; response card; meeting minutes; program schedule; clippings; correspondence; budget information; form letter with mailing lists; promotion planning

Shipping information and receipts; correspondence

1 copy of schedule of programs and events

Correspondence from Velz (he was on Executive Committee for 1956-1957) to various people re: events; "The Public Relations and Information Program of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts" paper

1 clipping (RTD 2/15/56-they got charter)

RAUC Summary Report 1949-1956; correspondence of RAUC; evening courses for adults announcement

Correspondence re: lecture on architecture of Japan

Correspondence re: fundraising drive; interoffice memos

Hundreds of photographic department purchase requests

1 copy of magazine, October 1956 issue with VMFA feature

8 drawings of alcoves; layouts; permanent installations; lists of photographs for alcoves; memos re: installation needs; photograph orders; lists of titles for information panels; correspondence re: information panel production; panel copy; budget information; information re: hanging heights in galleries; sample label paper

"Art Reference Resources in Virginia" questionnaire (all about art libraries); 1 piece of correspondence about putting brochures on ferries

3 photographs from Brazilian show; newspaper and magazine clippings; catalogue and clippings for 1951 Brazilian show (Children's Book Illustrations); information and press releases and correspondence for 1953 fellowships; 1950-51 fellowship information; blank application; information on Jenny-Lynn Franklin's mural; press releases for 1956-1957 fellowships

Traveling checklist and hanging order; label copy; correspondence with artist; shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: traveling exhibition; checklists; correspondence with AFA; clippings; blank loan contract; correspondence with borrower; itinerary; AFA publicity materials for show

Material from MOMA on their 25th anniversary

2 drawings of panel layouts; list of photographs used; memos; label copy; photograph order

Mailing list; copy of Bulletin; cards sent to institution for their exhibition listing in Bulletin (called "Elsewhere in Virginia")

Photograph of Merrill Moore; 1 photograph of Governor Stanley; biographical information on speakers; correspondence with speakers; publicity material for Merrill Moore's new book

Mailing (open house invitation); letter from Rhoads to members; renewal card, 1 photograph by Yardley; membership letter draft; correspondence between committee members; brochure proofs; previous membership requests; privilege information; budget information; brochure copy; paper samples

Brochure copy

Fashion Festival facts; Council letter (3/21/56); program; invitation copy; correspondence with Miller & Rhoads; correspondence re: Council; correspondence with Harper's Bazaar; correspondence with publicity; mailing lists; schedules; meeting minutes; annotated scripts & schedules; fabric samples; program copy

Complete reply cards; correspondence re: Council children's events; publicity materials for puppet theatre; blank reply cards

Correspondence with artists; checklists with sale prices; shipping information and receipts; biographical information; label copy; photograph purchase requests

1 photograph of "Black Beast," 1 photograph of "Croquet Player"; correspondence with AFA (who turned down show) and ICA Boston; correspondence with publicity; shipping information and receipts (now called "Collection Memos Receipt"); correspondence with lenders; insurance information

Correspondence with publicity; correspondence with artists; correspondence re: preview, installation information and schedules; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; label copy; correspondence with AFA re: withdrawal; list of lenders; photograph orders

1 drawing, 27 photographs; 1 duplicate photograph (Henry Robinson Luce); label copy; correspondence; shipping information and receipts; [unlabeled: (lady) Elsie de Wolfe; Henry Dreyfuss (architect)]

3 photographs of jurors; 1 photograph of sculpture; 1 photograph of tempera painting; correspondence with jury; checklists; shipping information and receipts; clippings; dinner lists and plans; correspondence with lenders; label copy; Ben Shahn catalog; biographical information; insurance information

1963 Virginia Artists blank; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; label copy; biographical information

2 drawings (1 by her, 1 by Leslie Cheek); checklist with values; correspondence with artist; shipping information and receipts

Entry cards; shipping information and receipts; sale information; correspondence with artist; insurance information; Council Preview Party gifts information (new); check stubs; list of entrants; preview mailing list for businesses

Virginia Artists jury memo (1/25/57); blank certificates (signed); traveling exhibition checklist; 1957 prospectus; label copy; copy of 1936 catalog; speech copy; Bulletin copy; annotated 1955 blank; prospectus list; entry requests; catalogs and brochures from other exhibitions; prospectus copy; catalog copy; schedule; correspondence with publicity; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with jury; clippings; certificate recommendation list; jury report; correspondence with artists; biographical information on certificate winners

Shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; 1 copy of catalog

Drawing of layout

3 photographs of installation (location unknown, not VMFA); correspondence with American Institute for Graphic Arts (organizer); shipping information and receipts

"A Brief Description of the 'New World Achievement' Exhibit," invitation and drawing; label copy; checklists; schedules; Jamestown materials for 1957 festival; list of lenders; for letter draft; credits; musical selections; annotated invitation; correspondence with Jamestown Committee members; copy of Commission report; shipping information and receipts; invitation copy

Illustration lists for panels; label copy

2 duplicate photographs; research and information panel copy

1 photograph of a plate; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; information request forms; label samples

3 photographs; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; information request forms

Information on VMFA and Jamestown Festival

Correspondence with ESU re: speaker and other events; correspondence with embassy; clippings; invitations; speaker publicity

Checklists; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; insurance information; 1 copy of VMFA Summer Calendar

1 drawing; photograph; checklist; catalog; publicity materials from AFA (organizer); measurement lists; correspondence with AFA; correspondence with Near East College Association (co-organizer); shipping information and receipts; label copy; checklists with values

2 photographs; "Emblem of the 1957 R.S. Reynolds Memorial Award"; 20th century works of art catalogue from the University of Illinois-Urbana; label copy; AFA publicity materials; Reynolds Memorial Award publicity materials; correspondence with AFA; correspondence with Reynolds; correspondence with artist

1 drawing, 7 photographs, press release; checklists; label copy; shipping information and receipts; MOMA publicity materials; correspondence with MOMA; label copy; condition report

1 application; 2 memos

Council member letter (2/1/57); "The Big Frame-Up," script and cast list; volunteer lists by reject type; Council proposal for buying Virginia Art; preview invitations; clippings; correspondence with and between Council members; invitation copy; prize list

1 photograph (Joseph Gilliard); correspondence with artists; invitation correspondence; checklists; biographical information; shipping information and receipts; photograph orders; label copy

Invitation, traveling exhibition checklist; label copy; shipping information and receipts; checklists; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with artists; biographical information; correspondence with AFA; catalog of other comic show in NYC; press release copy; AFA Catalog 1957-58; photograph orders

1 photograph of speaker (Rorimer); correspondence with speakers (library lecture series); list of speaker possibilities

Checklists; shipping information and receipts (re: return of traveling show)

Invitation to children's play; correspondence re: children's events, including play

Membership letters; blank application; list of dropped group members with form letter; memo re: procedure

Introduction letter (9/28/56); letter (1/15/57); menu; correspondence and planning re: Council luncheon and other meetings; list of Council programs for year; correspondence; shipping information and receipts for lecture supplies; clippings

4 photographs (Iris Nordquist?); label copy; correspondence with artists; shipping information and receipts; biographical information; checklists

An example file: instructions regarding how to do the shows, rules, etc. plus samples of forms and documents

Memos and notes re: quality of transparencies used for postcards

Correspondence re: adult photography class taught by Burris (Gordon G.), staff photographer; correspondence with manufacturers re: enlargers; equipment brochures

Correspondence and agreements re: film society showings for year

5 Remington Rand catalogs; Library and filing supplies; correspondence with other librarians (arts); correspondence with possible applicants; results of art resources surveys; list of equipment desired; list of periodicals [bunch of "Habiliments" material]

Label copy; checklists; correspondence; correspondence with artists; sales information; repairs, shipping information and receipts

Form letter from Rhoads to members

Correspondence and memos from McClellan & Velz (PR and publicity-related) [Richard Velz, Division Head, Administrative Division; E.T. McClellan, Public Information Head]

1 photograph (Thomas Kenneth Rowe); 4 photographs of paintings; correspondence with artists; checklists; shipping information and receipts; biographical information; clipping

Label copy; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; checklists

Correspondence with lenders; label copy; shipping information and receipts (no catalog published for this one)

Preview invitation; 2 photographs; layout drawing; label copy; correspondence with ICA Boston (organizer) & Detroit Institute of Arts; correspondence with Winston; checklists; shipping info and receipts; catalog of collection at University of Michigan

7 photographs; label copy; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; checklists; clippings; biographical information

1 photograph; label copy; AFA publicity materials; correspondence with lenders; shipping information & receipts; credits; correspondence with designer (Oenslager); clippings; biographical information; 1 copy of catalog; AFA brochure (1957-1958)

2 photographs; AFA materials; correspondence with AFA; label copy; shipping information and receipts

Panel layout drawing; 1 photograph; checklist; list of lenders; label copy; checklists; Carnegie press releases (organizer); correspondence with ICA Boston (circulator); correspondence with Carnegie; correspondence with lecturers; shipping information and receipts; 1 copy of catalog

Correspondence with Smithsonian; Smithsonian press release; checklist; shipping information and receipts; label copy; 1 copy of catalog

6 photographs (Barbee); 6 photographs (Lou Ponder-Rogers); checklists; correspondence with artists; shipping information and receipts; biographical information; various catalogs; label copy

6 photographs (Thomas Gorman); 6 photographs (Marilyn Downes-Bennett); shipping information and receipts; correspondence with artists; checklists; label copy

1 drawing; duplicate: invitation letter; "Art Lending Service"; press release; mailing list; Bulletin copy; invitation copy; copy of 1947 catalog; correspondence with artists; list of eligible artists; list of previous rotating exhibitions

1 layout drawing; 2 photographs; checklists; label copy; correspondence with Warburg; shipping information and receipts; 1 copy of invitation

Copy of invitation; miscellaneous memos

1 American classics drawing; 1 duplicate Skidmore, Owings, Merrill layout drawing; 1 copy of a gallery catalogue from New York; checklists; list of preview guests; shipping information and receipts; promotion plan; correspondence with publicity; promotion plans; press release

"SOM Projects," clipped prose and labels; label copy; copy of MOMA Bulletin on SOM (Fall 1950), XVIII, 1

Folder with label on front "William Rhodes" scheduling events surrounding opening of new Reynolds Metals Building; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with SOM; correspondence with Reynolds; shipping information and receipts; preview plans

1 photograph (Colorado Springs Air Force Academy); 1 photograph (Frederick D. Nichols, professor at School of Architecture, UVirginia); label copy; correspondence with publicity; Reynolds Metals opening schedule; annotated press releases; clippings, correspondence with potential speakers; Bulletin; shipping receipts

5 photographs and 1 slide; correspondence with Reynolds; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with William O'Neal, lots of miscellaneous correspondence

Around 10 magazine clippings

1 photograph; clippings; press release; "1962 American Painting" catalog; "The Story of Steuben Glass" book

1 photograph (duplicate); 1 drawing of pedestal; label copy; correspondence with Steuben glass; shipping information and receipts

9 photographs; 1 drawing; 1 duplicate photograph (Dorothy Miner); label copy; correspondence with Andrew Wyeth; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with local librarians; correspondence with speaker (Dorothy Miner); 1 copy of invitation; 3 annotated copies of catalog of paintings at Knoedler; shipping information and receipts; biographical information

Documentation; correspondence and schedules for school group tours, all ages and subjects; some docent information

1 copy of November 1958 – 44:11

1 folder of press releases, VMFA Bulletin, 2 photographs, called "News About our New General Office Building."

1 folder with label "Mrs. M.B. Christison" with opening schedule information

1 photograph (Edwin Burr Pettit – Brandeis lectures); information re: Council lecture-luncheon 1957; handouts; reservation cards; correspondence, Lecture Series schedule; correspondence with potential lecturers; clippings

Correspondence re: mailing list and press releases

Correspondence with publicity; publishers and personalities; printer

1 photograph; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with dealers; press releases, Poussin material; mailing list

Correspondence with Professor of Applied Social Research at Columbia re: public relations

1 drawing; shipping information and receipts; correspondence; label copy; correspondence with lenders; UVirginia catalog

3 drawings; 9 photographs; 1 duplicate photograph; label copy; exhibition catalog from L'Art Ancien, S.A. Zurich; correspondence with Brooklyn; shipping information and receipts; invitation copy; 1 copy of invitation; clippings; AFA materials and correspondence

"Virginia Artists Jurying: Requested Arrangements & Operations"; 17 photographs (1 of Perrin - labeled, 1 of Bertoia - hat, 1 of Lee – other; correspondence with potential jurors; correspondence with jurors; shipping information and receipts

1 photograph; invitation (3 copies scattered); 1 drawing; checklists; biographical information; label copy; correspondence with Aldrich; catalog correspondence; correspondence with publicity; catalog copy; shipping information and receipts; clippings

Correspondence with printer re: catalog; "thank yous" for exchange or gift of catalog

"Complete Catalog" copy; correspondence with artists; information requests; shipping information and receipts; 1 certificate (signed by Sherman Lee); clippings; correspondence with jurors; schedules; lists of entries by place; entries (completed); certificate recommendations; prospectus copy; clippings; checklists; other institutions' prospectuses; other catalogs; correspondence with publicity

1 drawing; catalog copy; 1 copy of prospectus; label copy; prospectus proof

Correspondence with winners; list of certificates; list of recommendations

15 photographs; 1 drawing; correspondence with Metropolitan Museum of Art (speaker); label copy; correspondence with Minneapolis Institute of Art (lender); checklist; shipping information and receipts

5 photographs; correspondence with potential lenders; correspondence with APVirginia; correspondence with Virginia State Bar; checklists; shipping information and receipts; label copy

Correspondence; label copy

Correspondence with the Olsen Foundation (lender); 1 copy of catalog; shipping information and receipts; checklist

12 photographs (whoever had show October 7- November 4, 1956); catalogue; research; checklists; correspondence with Olsen Foundation

Suggestion for gala fundraiser

Correspondence with VHS

Correspondence with artists re: eligibility; old Virginia artists catalogues (1953 & 1955); prospectus and rules

1959 catalogue; lists of eligible artists; label copy

3 negatives, 5 photographs; correspondence with lenders (NYPL, Wadsworth, Met); checklists; chipping information and receipts

Correspondence with Virginia State Bar Association

7 small photographs (Broaddus); 5 photographs (Russi); 5 photographs – prints – (Turner); correspondence re: sales; biographical information; correspondence with artists

1 photograph (Davenport); 9 photographs (Davenport); 1 photograph (Jones); 4 photographs (Jones); checklists; label copy; correspondence with artists; biographical information; shipping information and receipts

Shipping information and receipts; request for information forms

Receipts

7 photographs (I. Moore?); 7 photographs (Lois Jacobsen); 7 photographs (Bill Gaines); 1 photograph (Jacobsen); correspondence with artists; shipping information and receipts; invitation copy; correspondence re: sales

4 photographs; 1 drawing (duplicate); duplicate: catalog list (blue); correspondence with AFA; AFA materials; clippings; biographical information on lecturer; checklist; correspondence with publicity; preview dinner plans; shipping information and receipts; 1 copy of catalogue

Correspondence with lenders; publication exchange cards; checklists; committee member list; correspondence re: catalog

2 photographs; 1 photograph (Basil Taylor); 1 duplicate photograph of unknown; 1 duplicate photograph (Alice Higgins); 1 drawing; clippings; biographical information on Sports Illustrated photographers; press releases; checklists; mailing lists; budget

Label copy; checklists

Clippings; publication exchange cards; correspondence with publicity; 1 copy each of 2 invitations; dinner seating arrangement

Correspondence with lenders

Dinner reservation list; dinner invitation (March 1960); list of patrons; budget information; invitation copy; shipping information and receipts; financial reports; correspondence with publicity; travel plans, correspondence with Basil Taylor; 1 copy each of 2 invitations; correspondence with Mellon

Research; checklists; correspondence with possible lenders; correspondence with Corcoran (organizer of Sports Illustrated exhibition); other exhibition catalogs; correspondence with Mellon; clippings; committee correspondence; label copy; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with ambassadors; invoices; issue of "Sport & the Horse: The Chronicle," (4/1/60)

1 drawing of dinner arrangement; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with committee members (including Mellon); shipping information and receipts; correspondence re: catalog; travel plans; invitation copy; correspondence with lecturer; correspondence with ambassadors

3 photographs of packing Manet's "Races at Longchamp, Paris"; correspondence with lenders; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with Mellon; correspondence with publicity; correspondence re: damage to Manet

Shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders

Correspondence with Blunt (Courtauld) and with royal collection

Catalog copy; 1 letter from the Palais du Louvre

Correspondence with Mellon; correspondence with committee members; list of patrons; requests to join committee

Correspondence with Constable, consultant to exhibition (former curator, MFA Boston); Courtauld Director; Art History Professor, University of London)

Correspondence with Bourlet & Sons

Correspondence with Duveen & Walker (insurance brokers); copy of policy

Correspondence with Mellon; various lists

Correspondence with potential lenders; preliminary loan list

1 photograph of Sir Robert Walpole by Wootton; shipping information and receipts; correspondence with lenders; correspondence with Paul Mellon; handwritten list of lenders

Checklists; item cards

Budget tracking (including dinners); list of contributors; correspondence with Department of Accounts; receipts with correspondence; gala invitation copy; correspondence with publicity; correspondence with Mellon; 1 invitation; gala planning; menu copy; various ad rate cards (including Sports Illustrated); "The Sports Illustrated Guide to Regional Marketing," with Sports Illustrated issue 4/18/60

1 duplicate photograph of "Brown Horse & Spaniel" by Stubbs; correspondence re: repair (blister) of Stubbs' painting lent by Katherine Gilbey of England

2 photographs (of Stubbs' Hambletonian, Rubbing Down receipt); correspondence with lender (Estate of the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry); shipping information and receipts

Correspondence of the British Council

Correspondence re: catalogue

Requests for catalogue

Checklists by lenders, artists, type