Records of the Friends of Art (RG-18)
Dates
- 1986-2001
Creator
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Friends of Art (Organization)
Access
The collection is minimally processed. Requests to perform research must be submitted to the VMFA Archives at least one business day in advance.
As custodians of public records, VMFA only restricts access to public records when sensitive information is present. Such restrictions are applied in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia, § 2.2-3700 thru § 2.2-3714) and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (Code of Virginia, § 2.2-3800 thru § 2.2-3809).
Publication
The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.
Extent
7.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes; 274 folders and 2 items)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series, and items are generally arranged chronologically within each series. Items with no date are generally placed at the end at each series.
- Series 1
- Newsletters, 1987-2001
- Series 2
- Board Minutes, 1986-1997
- Series 3
- General Files, 1986-1999
- Series 4
- Event Files, 1986-2001
- Series 5
- Ball Files, 1988-2000
Provenance
The collection was transferred from the Friends of Art through periodic deposits beginning in 1995.
Processing Note
In general, during processing, all publications are removed and added to the VMFA Library’s holdings and original newspaper clippings are photocopied, with identifiers transferred, and then destroyed. Original folder titles are retained, when provided.
- Fund raising -- Virginia Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Museums -- Marketing Subject Source: Local sources
- Museums -- Membership Subject Source: Local sources
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Friends of Art
Source
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Friends of Art (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aids to the Institutional Records of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the VMFA Archives | Records of the Friends of Art
- Subtitle
- Record Group 18 (RG-18)
- Author
- Courtney Yevich Tkacz, VMFA Archivist
- Date
- 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives Repository
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond VA 23220-4007 United States
804-340-1495
library@vmfa.museum
