Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969

Printed matter produced by the Downtown Gallery (1 linear foot) includes exhibition catalogs, checklists, invitations and announcements, press releases, invitations to events other than exhibition openings, and booklets about Downtown Gallery artists. Neither of the two published monographs of a projected ten-volume series by Holger Cahill, ( "Pop" Hart and Max Weber, planned by the Downtown Gallery, is included among the records.

The first two volumes of scrapbooks of printed matter include exhibition catalogs, checklists, invitations and announcements, stationery for particular exhibitions, brief reviews, press releases, and a small number of advertisements for the gallery. The third volume contains printed matter relating to the American Print Makers Society exhibitions at Downtown Gallery.

Miscellaneous items include invitations to events other than exhibition openings, and brochures of general information about the Downtown Gallery and the artists it represented

Printed matter produced by others (3 linear feet) includes exhibition catalogs; checklists; invitations and announcements; newsclippings; press releases; and press kits. This material relates to shows that included works loaned by the Downtown Gallery, or concerns the Edith Gregor Halpert Collection and other subjects related to Halpert and the Downtown Gallery.

There are also publications which include miscellaneous brochures, reports, directories, prospectuses, and catalogs of a variety of organizations, associations, museums, and foundations; most, but not all, are art related. Of particular interest are Standards for Print Dealers, formulated by the Print Council of America (undated); How It Happened, by Albert C. Barnes (undated); Where to Buy American Art (undated); A Disgrace to Philadelphia , by Albert C. Barnes (1938); The Progressive Decay of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, by Harry Fuiman, Esq., of the Philadelphia Bar (1938), published by Friends of Art and Education; Memorial Service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (May 23, 1948); and Spatialism 5: Don Avigliano, John Moshisky, Stephane Zarhadka (1949).

Additionally, a selection of twenty-five volumes from the library of Edith Gregor Halpert has been retained, but not microfilmed.