Davison Art Center exhibition catalogs
Scope and Contents
This collection includes catalogs to Davison Art Center exhibitions and a collection of exhibition announcements in the form of cards, postcards, and brochures.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1999
Creator
- Davison Art Center (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Biographical / Historical
The Davison Art Center, housed in the 1839 Alsop House, comprises exhibition galleries, classrooms, offices, and the university’s collection of prints and photographs. The building was acquired by Wesleyan in 1949 and has been used by the university as the Davison Art Center since 1952.
A gift from George W. Davison ’1892 allowed the building’s renovation to take place. Davison, a book and print collector, began giving parts of his collection of prints to the university in 1937. The original collection was housed in the Davison Art Rooms in Olin Library before forming the core collection of the Davison Art Center. After Davison’s death in 1953, Wesleyan has continued to add to its holdings of prints and has included photography as an additional collecting focus.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (4 hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes catalogs to Davison Art Center exhibitions and a collection of exhibition announcements in the form of cards, postcards, and brochures.
Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological by date of exhibition.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by Olin Library.
Subject
- Davison Art Center (Organization)
- Title
- Davison Art Center exhibition catalogs, 1952-1999
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Jeffrey Makala, 2001 Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, December 2007 Migrated to ArchivesSpace by Jenny Miglus, July 2020
- Date
- July 21, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository