Object Details
Collection Creator
Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
Collection Citation
Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents note
This series documents the more personal and professional activities of Betty Parsons through early curatorial files from her work at Wakefield Gallery and Mortimer Brandt Gallery, biographical files, family papers, correspondence, pocket diaries, annotated sketchbooks, writings, photographs, printed materials, and financial records. Parsons' extensive personal papers also include files that provide an overview of her own career as an artist as well as her extensive private art collection.
sova.aaa.parsbett_ref1452
See more items in
Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers
Sponsor
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation.
Extent
21 Linear Feet (Boxes 38-51, 56-64, OVs 65-67)
Date
1916-1991
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.parsbett, Series 7
Type
Archival materials
Arrangement note
This series is arranged into 10 subseries:
7.1: Early Curatorial Files, circa 1940-1958
7.2: Biographical Material, 1916-1982
7.3: Correspondence, 1922-1983
7.4: Pocket Diaries and Notebooks, 1933-1981
7.5: Annotated Sketchbooks, circa 1920s-1981
7.6: Writings, circa 1930-1981
7.7: Printed Material, circa 1927-1991
7.8: Betty Parsons's Art Work Files, circa 1920s-1983
7.9: Betty Parsons's Private Collection Files, circa 1950s-1983
7.10: Personal Financial Records, 1923-1982
Collection Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Only a representative sample of Parson's annotated sketchbooks has been digitized and the dress pattern books from that subseries have not been digitized. Only the covers, title and/or relevant pages in some printed catalogs, brochures, and pamphlets have been digitized. The following types of records have not been digitized: personal financial records and photographs, transparencies, and slides of artwork donated or transferred prior to 2017.
Restrictions
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
AAA.parsbett_ref1452
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c2322913-180c-46ca-9006-45603b4ce3f6
AAA.parsbett
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1503511935241-1503511935605-0