E. B. Crocker Art Gallery records, circa 1850s-circa 1970s, bulk 1880s-1950s

Correspondence includes general requests for information about the museum and responses and documents some general business. Biographical material includes notes on the Crocker family, on directors of the museum, and on prominent members of the Sacramento community associated with the museum, including Seth Babson. Manuscript material consists of what appear to be research notes on the museum including about associated people of note, acquisition of land and museum buildings, financial affairs, museum collections, events, and gifts to the museum. Also included are citations for and notes on articles and other printed resources about the museum, and typescripts of manuscripts about the museum and its history.

Photographs are of the Crocker family, Seth Babson, museum directors, and other individuals. Also found are photos of the interior and exterior of the museum buildings, photos of artwork, and photos of art classes held at the museum. Financial records include receipts, and ledgers and account books, including a series of records titled "Catalog Account."

Organizational records include copies of various certificates given by the museum and by-laws; California Museum Association meeting minutes from the 1940s; attendance rolls for classes held at the museum; and various logbooks recording deliveries of food from the 1870s, and receipt of supplies and other shipping records dating from the 1880s to the 1950s.

Printed material includes news clippings, copies of gallery publications such as "Art Gallery Notes" and other printed material about the gallery and related community events. The bulk of the printed material is found in the scrapbooks which include news clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and other publications documenting the history of the museum and other related institutions and recording the activities of many of the artists whose work was exhibited there.