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Archives of American Art
Jermayne MacAgy exhibition files
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macajeef
- Creators:
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MacAgy, Jermayne, 1914-1964
- Dates:
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1955-1964
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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7,000 Items(on 8 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Exhibition files containing correspondence, lender's forms, receipts, catalogs, invitations, photographs of art work, and installation photographs, for exhibitions MacAgy directed at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, the University of St. Thomas, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Also included are four albums of installation photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Museum director; Houston, Tex. Director Contemporary Arts Museum, 1934-1959; head of art department, University of St. Thomas,
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm rolls 1693-1700 available at Archives of American Art offices; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the Menil Foundation, Houston, Tex.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1979 by the Menil Foundation.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
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Archives of American Art
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