Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Parsons, Betty
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- Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation.
- Extent
- 3.9 Linear feet (Boxes 21-24, 52, 56)
- Date
- 1941-1983
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.parsbett, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- The correspondence is arranged into five subseries: 3.1: Institutions and Dealers, 1945-1982 3.2: Individuals and Collectors, 1941-1982 3.3: Publishers, Newspapers and Magazines, 1946-1978 3.4: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1979-1983 3.5: Gallery Logs and Telephone and Address Books, circa 1978-1981
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- This series has been digitized in its entirety.
- Scope and Contents note
- This series consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of the gallery - some of it created by Betty Parsons and some of it by her gallery assistants (Jock Truman and others). It is with various institution and museum officials, art dealers, artists, researchers, collectors. The correspondence series also includes telephone and address books and gallery logs of internal memoranda.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511935241-1503511935499-0
