American University Fine Arts Department records, 1946-1980

Collection Information

Size: 10 Microfilm reels, circa 9,000 items on 10 microfilm reels

Summary: The microfilmed American University Fine Arts Department records contain departmental files on faculty, visiting artists, students, fundraising events, and building projects. Also included are files on exhibitions held in the Watkins Gallery; photographs of exhibitions; collection files on permanent acquisitions and memorial gifts, containing photographs and insurance records; five scrapbooks and four guestbooks; and a bound volume of Right Angle (1947-1949). Researchers should note that this finding aid does not include an entry for every name found in the collection and that reels 2217-2219 are not represented in the finding aid.

Biographical/Historical Note

American University is a private university in Washington, D.C. The Fine Arts Department (now the Department of Art) is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Provenance

Lent for microfilming 1981 by American University Fine Arts Department.

Language Note

English .

Location of Originals

• Originals in American University Fine Arts Department, Washington, D.C.