Archives of American Art

Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation files

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.robee
Creators:
Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation
Dates:
1916-1984
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Microfilm reels
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Material regarding the McKee art collection primararily paintings by artists of New Mexico. Included are: inventory files of paintings, 1944-1983 & undated, including letters, receipts and catalogs; files, undated and 1957, concerning rare books donated by the McKee Foundation to New Mexico A & M College Library; and artist and gallery files, 1916-1984 and undated, containing correspondence, printed material and photographs. Included in the artists' files is extensive material on Gerald Cassidy.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art collection; El Paso, Texas.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3235-3237 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: the Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1984 by the Robert E. and Evelyn McKee 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.

More Information

Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
List of files available on microfilm reel 3235.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Arts organizations -- Texas Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Collectors and collecting Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists -- New Mexico Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cassidy, Gerald, 1879-1934 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McKee, Robert E. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McKee, Evelyn Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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