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)
1976-2000 (bulk)
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
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

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