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Utah Museum of Fine Art records Utah Museum of Fine Arts records, 1968-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Utah Museum of Fine Art
- Title
- Utah Museum of Fine Art recordsUtah Museum of Fine Arts records
- Dates
- 1968-2004 (inclusive)19682004
1976-2000 (bulk)19762000 - Quantity
- 3.75 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Acc0572
- Summary
- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is a department within the College of Fine Arts with the primary mission of providing essential cultural and educational resources in the visual arts for the University and the broader community. This collection contains administrative files, exhibit and event files, and research papers compiled by Ron Allen for his masters thesis from the Department of Art and Art History in 2004.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
A Department of Fine Arts was first organized at the University of Deseret in 1888. Along with this, an art museum was also established in order to "cultivate good judgement as well as refinement of taste". At the University of Utah's present location, an art gallery was first opened on the fourth floor of the John R. Park Building in 1914. After the University received a substantial gift of art from Winifred Kimball Hudnut in the 1940's, this space was rennovated and officially incorporated as the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in 1951.
The College of Fine Arts was established at the University of Utah in 1947 offering both BFA and MFA degrees. After the College experienced substantial growth in enrollments during the 1950's and 1960's, the need for more space for fine arts education became apparent. Eventually, the new Art and Architecture Center was opened in September 1971 with space for both the art and the architecture departments as well as for a new fine arts museum. This space served as the Utah Museum of Fine Arts until 2001 when the museum was moved into its current location at the Marcia and John Price Museum Building.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The bulk of this collection covers the administration of Frank Sanguinetti who was the first director of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from 1967 to 2001. The first series is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports. 0.5 linear feet of of this series consists of minutes from the museum's advisory board meetings dating from 1976 to 2002. The second series consists 0.75 linear feet of event and exhibit files dating from 1971-2000. The third series contains 1.00 linear foot of copied material compiled by Ron Allen during research for his thesis A History of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts which he submitted in 2004 as part of his masters program for the Department of Art and Art History.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Utah Museum of Fine Art records, Acc. 572, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 572
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is divided into the following three series: Administrative Files, Exhibit and Event Files, and the Ron Allen Papers. All three series are arranged alphabetically.
Separated Materials
Reel tapes sent to audio-visual.
Acquisition Information
This collection came from five cubic feet of material that was picked up from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in 2007 and one cubic foot of material from Ron Allen's research also obtained in 2007.
Processing Note
Processed by David Buhler in 2019.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative Office FilesReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 1
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Advisory Board Committee |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Advisory Board Committee - Annual Reports |
1983-1994 |
| 2 | Advisory Board Committee - Handbook |
1998-1999 |
| 3-19 | Advisory Board Committee - Meeting Minutes |
1976-1993 |
| 2 | Advisory Board Committee to Christmas Party |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-2 | Advisory Board Committee - Meeting Minutes |
1993-1994; 1997-1998; 2001-2002 |
| 3 | Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, Inc. (Restricted)
|
1991-1994 |
| 4 | Art Museum Outreach to Carbon County Public Schools |
1987-1989 |
| 5-17 | Brochures, Flyers, Etc. |
1968-1980; 1990; undated |
| 18 | C. Comstock Clayton Foundation (Restricted)
|
1993-1996 |
| 19 | Christmas Flyers |
1978-1979 |
| 20 | Christmas Party |
1977 December 10-12 |
| 3 | Considerations for Performing Arts Organizations to Northwest Pipline Corporation |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | " Considerations for Performing Arts Organizations Using the Utah Museum of Fine Art's Facilities" |
circa 1978 |
| 2 | Docent Program |
circa 1978 |
| 3 | Dr. Ezekial R. and Edna Wattis Dumke Foundation (Restricted)
|
1986-1988 |
| 4 | Eaton-Kenway (Restricted)
|
1985-1986 |
| 5 | Eccles, Sallie |
1995 |
| 6 | Emma Eccles Jones Foundation (Restricted)
|
1987-1990 |
| 7 | Herbert I. and Elsa B. Michael Foundation (Restricted)
|
1987-1990 |
| 8 | Financial Foundation (Restricted)
|
1984-1993 |
| 9 |
Fine Art of Soup Cookbook |
1991 |
| 10 | Friends of the Museum |
1975-1994 |
| 11 | Kennecott Corporation (Restricted)
|
1981-1999 |
| 12 | Loan Forms |
1981 |
| 13 | Marriner S. Eccles Foundation (Restricted)
|
1984-1995 |
| 14 | Miscellaneous Corporate Sponsors (Restricted)
|
1985-1997 |
| 15 | Museum Education and Outreach Program |
1979-1980 |
| 16 | Museum Experiences for Senior Citizens |
1978 |
| 17 | " Museum on the Road" Program |
1977-1980 |
| 18 | Northwest Pipeline Corporation (Restricted)
|
1987-1990 |
| 4 | News Articles to Volunteer Program |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | News Articles |
1987-1999 |
| 2 | Norton Christensen, Inc. (Restricted)
|
1981-1987 |
| 3 | Press Clippings and Press Releases |
1979-1999 |
| 4 | " A Public Service Outreach Program to Rural Utah" |
1986-1987 |
| 5 | " Reports to Museum of Fine Arts Committee of the National Advisory Council" |
1974 April |
| 6 | Senior Citizen Outreach Program |
1977-1989 |
| 7 | Society of Museum Associates |
1978 |
| 8 | Society of Museum Associates - Advisory Committee |
1978 |
| 9 | Special Exhibitions Council |
1997-2000 |
| 10 | Summer Inservice for Teachers K-12 |
1989 |
| 11 | Teachers Resource Center |
1978-1980 |
| 12 | Utah Arts Council: Educational Services Grant |
1981-1982 |
| 13 | Utah Arts Council: The Magic of Art: How Artists Use the Elements of Art
|
1991 |
| 14 | Utah Arts Council: Museum Education Outreach Program |
1980-1981 |
| 15 | Utah Arts Council: Travelling Exhibition Grant |
1981-1982 |
| 16 | Val A. Browning Collection (Restricted)
|
1991-1994 |
| 17 | Volunteer Program |
1978-1979 |
Exhibition and Event FilesReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 5 | Accessions 77 to Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | " Accessions 77" |
1978 February 11-March 26 |
| 2 | " The Age of Tolouse-Lautrec" |
1978 September 24-November 5 |
| 3 | " Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition" |
1971 November 13-December 18 |
| 4 | " Art and Decoration 78" |
1978 May 6-21 |
| 5-8 | " Art in Bloom" |
1992; 1994; 1998; 2000 |
| 9-10 | " Art of the Gardner" |
1995; 1999 |
| 11 | " Art of the Grand Couturier" |
1979 April 8-29 |
| 12 | Aston Magna Foundation for Music, Inc.: " From Rococo to Revolution in Eighteenth Century France" |
1988 April 23-24 |
| 13 | " Bert G. Clift Collection of Chinese Ceramics" |
1979 January 28-April 29 |
| 14 | " Contemporary Works by June Freilicher" |
1979 February 25-March 25 |
| 15 | " The Divine Presence" |
1979 October 23-December 9 |
| 16 | " French Symposium: A Bicentennial Celebration" |
1989 April 15 |
| 17 | John S. Takehara Exhibit |
1979 February 25-March 25 |
| 18 | " Have You Ever Seen a Rainbow at Night?, Navajo Children's Art Exhibit" |
1992 October 11-December 20 |
| 19 | " Images of Women: Printmakers in France From 1830-1930" |
1978 January 8-February 19 |
| 20 | " Kieth Crown Watercolors" |
1978 May 14-June 12 |
| 21 | " Lakeside Studio Print Exhibit" |
1979 March 29 |
| 22 | " LeConte Stewart: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints" |
1978 January 22-February 26 |
| 23 | " Master of Fine Arts Candidates" |
1979 May 13-June 10 |
| 24 | " Max Beckman: Lithographs and Etchings" |
1979 June 17-July 22 |
| 25 | " Natacha Rambova Collection of Egyptian Antiquities" |
1978 October 22-1979 January 14 |
| 26 | " The Navajo Weaver: The Judge Willis R. Ritter Collection" |
1978 March 5-April 16 |
| 27 | " Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Masoud Yasami" |
1979 January 14-February 11 |
| 6 | Poetry Series to William Henry David Koerner |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | " Poetry Series 1979-80" |
1979 September 17-1980 May 15 |
| 2 | " Ransom G. Holdredge, 1836-1899: Brigham Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, Ca 1870" |
1978 |
| 3 | " Ten Artists" Exhibit |
1976 June 3-11 |
| 4 | Trevor Sotheby Exhibit |
1979 February 25-March 25 |
| 5 | " Utah 78" |
1978 June 30-September 3 |
| 6 | " Utah State Silver Collection" |
1979 April |
| 7 | " Utah Watercolor Society Fourth Annual Juried Exhibit" |
1978 June 23-August 27 |
| 8 | " Views from Afar: Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America in the Collection of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts" |
1989 April 22 |
| 9 | " What is Native American Art?" |
1987 August 30-November 16 |
| 10 | " William Henry David Koerner: Paintings of the American West" |
1978 September 24-November 5 |
Ron Allen Papers, circa 2004Return to Top
Container(s): Series 3
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 7 | A.B. Wright to Strategic Plans |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | A.B. Wright |
|
| 2 | Advisory Board Scrapbook |
|
| 3 | A. Ray Olpin Journal |
|
| 4 | Balken/Loving Interviews |
|
| 5 | Blueprints/Floorplans |
|
| 6 | Early Pioneers: Pre-Museum Notes |
|
| 7 | E.B. Wicks |
|
| 8 | Exhibition History |
|
| 9 | Frank Sanguinetti |
|
| 10 | Hatch Collection |
|
| 11 | I. Owen Horsfall |
|
| 12 | J.L. Franken 1938 |
|
| 13 | Kress Collection |
|
| 14 | Marion Robinson Collection |
|
| 15 | Source Material - Library Searches |
|
| 16 | Strategic Plan 2003-2008 |
|
| 8 | UMFA to William Earl Steadman |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | UMFA to 1900 |
|
| 2 | UMFA 1901-1947 |
|
| 3 | UMFA 1948-1955 |
|
| 4 | UMFA 1956-1966 |
|
| 5 | UMFA 1967-1975 |
|
| 6 | UMFA 1991-2003 |
|
| 7 | UMFA Collection Report - Appendix |
|
| 8 | UMFA Collection Report - Inventories |
|
| 9 | UMFA - Hudnut Collection |
|
| 10 | UMFA Inventory 1913, 1940 |
|
| 11 | UMFA - Other Museums |
|
| 12 | University Catalogs 1914-1951 |
|
| 13 | Will South - Manuscript |
|
| 14 | William Earl Steadman |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Museums--Utah--History--Sources
- Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Allen, Ron
- Sanguinetti, Frank
Corporate Names
- University of Utah. College of Fine Arts
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Memorandums
- Minutes
- Reports
Finding aid created by David Buhler
2019
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