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University of Delaware Museums exhibition catalogs and ephemera
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Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]181 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19717-5267
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Delaware Library Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The University of Delaware Museums collection's strengths include 20th-century American art (especially prints, photographs, and work by African American artists), European prints, Inuit art, Pre-Columbian art, and mineralogical holdings.
The Museums occupy three different locations on campus. Located in Old College Hall, Old College Gallery opened in 1978 as the University Gallery, before it was renamed in 2010. Old College Gallery has typically offered between two and four different exhibitions per year. The second gallery, Mechanical Hall, has been home to the Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art since 2004.
The third gallery is the Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall, which opened in 1971. The founding gift for this collection was given in 1964 by Irénée du Pont. Today, the collection contains approximately 3,000 specimens of minerals, meteorites, gems, and carvings.
The University of Delaware (UD) Museums exhibition catalogs and ephemera consist of materials relating to exhibitions held at the university between 1974 and 2016. Also included are museum newsletters and calendars, as well as catalogs of the permanent collection.
Series I., Exhibitions, is primarily composed of exhibition announcements, catalogs, checklists, brochures, fliers, and posters. The majority of these exhibitions took place in Old College Gallery and feature objects from the Museums collections. Traveling exhibitions and loan exhibitions are also represented, as well as exhibitions featuring the work of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty from the Department of Art at UD.
The series is arranged chronologically by the date each exhibition opened at UD. Not every exhibition that occurred during these years is represented.
Series II. contains UD Museums newsletters and calendars.
Series III. contains catalogs and other publications about the Museums' permament art and mineralogical collections.
Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons
Box 2: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (upright manuscript boxes)
Boxes 3-4: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (20 inches)
Oversize folders 1-3: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Transferred from Univerity of Delaware Museums, 2019.
Processed and encoded by Kristen Nassif and Kit Fluker, 2020-2021.
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- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2020 March 5
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Old College Gallery, February 24-March 23.
Old College Gallery, December 2, 1979-January 11, 1980. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery, June 15-September 14.
Old College Gallery, November 23, 1980- February 20, 1981.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, December 4-15. Might have been a partial loan exhibition.
Old College Gallery, March 22-April 26.
Old College Gallery, March 22-April 26.
Old College Gallery, June 14-August 10.
Old College Gallery, September 20-December 15.
Old College Gallery, November 1-December 11.
Old College Gallery, January 13-April 25.
Old College Gallery, 1982 January 17-March 26.
Old College Gallery, June 2-September 10.
Old College Gallery, December 6, 1982-January 17, 1983.
January 12-February 23.
Old Town Hall, March 1982; Visitors Center Dover, January 1983; Old College Gallery, March 16-April 15, 1983.
Old College Gallery, April 1-23.
Old College Gallery, April 22-May 20.
Old College Gallery, June 3-August 30.
Old College Gallery, September 14-October 2.
Old College Gallery, November 21, 1983-January 18, 1984.
Old College Gallery, April 29-May 26. Organized and installed by guest curator Professor Hilton Brown.
Old College Gallery, June 8-September 12.
UD Ceramics Alumni Gallery and Old College Gallery, November 7-8.
Old College Gallery, February 4-March 24.
Old College Gallery, March 4-29.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, May 24-August 11.
Old College Gallery, September 11-October 25.
Old College Gallery, November 1-27.
Old College Gallery, April 22-May 12.
Old College Gallery, December 8, 1985-January 5, 1986.
Old College Gallery, January 19-February 28. National juried show.
Old College Gallery, April 27-May 23.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, September 29-October 31.
November 12-December 19.
Old College Gallery, December 29, 1986-January 25, 1987.
February 12-March 31.
Old College Gallery, March 2-April 10. Organized by the History Media Center.
Old College Gallery, April 6-20.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, April 27-May 10.
Old College Gallery, May 20-August 14; Fisher Martin House, September-December; Dickinson Plantation Orientation Center, December 1987-February 1988.
Old College Gallery, November 9-December 11.
Old College Gallery , January 4-February 5.
Old College Gallery, February 15-March 25.
Old College Gallery, September 9-October 30. Loan exhibition.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, November 14-December 17.
Old College Gallery, January 20-March 5. Held concurrently with exhibition of same artist and title at the Delaware Art Museum.
Old College Gallery, March 16-April 5.
Old College Gallery, April 17-30.
Old College Gallery, May 16-July 14.
Old College Gallery, September 7-October 31. Loan exhibition, guest curator Martha Carothers.
Old College Gallery, September 11-October 31.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, November 20-December 20. Exhibition in conjunction with the Free Library of Philadelphia
Old College Gallery, April 23-May 6.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 26-August 12.
Old College Gallery, September 17-October 28. Loan exhibition.
Old College Gallery, October 1-31.
Old College Gallery, March 14-28.
Old College Gallery, March 14-April 14.
Old College Gallery, April 18-May 2.
Old College Gallery, May 15-July 12.
Old College Gallery, October 3-November 3. Extensive loan collection.
Old College Gallery, November 13-December 20.
Old College Gallery, January 21-February 14. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery, January 21-March 6. National juried show.
Old College Gallery, March 19-April 5.
Old College Gallery, April 20-May 1, May 11-31.
Old College Gallery, May 11-July 17.
Old College Gallery, November 2-December 11.
Old College Gallery, February 11-April 4. Selections from lender's collection.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, February 11-April 4.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, April 12-23.
Old College Gallery, May 3-16.
Old College Gallery, May 13-July 30. Objects from museum collection, curated by Belena Chapp.
Old College Gallery, September 7-October 15. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery, November 1-December 10.
Old College Gallery, January 18-February 28. National juried show.
Old College Gallery, March 11-April 15.
Old College Gallery, March 11-April 15. From the collection of Mr. Leslie M. Burgess and Dr. Sarah Jastak-Burgess.
Old College Gallery, April 25-May 5.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, May 13-27.
Old College Gallery, May 16-July 30.
Old College Gallery, September 7-October 30. Two exhibitions running concurrently.
Old College Gallery, November 9-December 9.
Old College Gallery, January 2-February 28. Traveling exhibition, organized by Charles Roe.
Old College Gallery, March 8-April 10.
Old College Gallery, April 18-30.
Old College Gallery, May 5-14, 19-31.
Old College Gallery, May 5-June 16.
Old College Gallery, September 5-December 17. Traveling exhibition, partial loan.
Clayton Hall, October 20. Symposium in conjunction with exhibition.
Old College Gallery, February 27-March 17.
Old College Gallery, April 19-May 5, 10-24.
Old College Gallery, September 7-October 30. Extensive loan exhibition, curated by Belena Chapp and Debra Miller.
Old College Gallery, January 14-February 28. Museum and archives collections.
Old College Gallery, March 7-April 4. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery and Recitation Hall, May 16-30.
Old College Gallery, September 9-November 2.
Old College Gallery, November 7-December 7.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, 1998 January 6-April 5. Photographs on loan from Paul R. Jones.
Old College Gallery, April 14-26.
Old College Gallery, May 15-November 1.
Old College Gallery, September 8-November 1.
Old College Gallery, March 18-26.
Old College Gallery, May 20-November 1. Large loan exhibition.
Trabant Center Theater, October 1.
2 copies in different sizes
Old College Gallery, January 25-March 24.
Old College Gallery, June 2-October 1.
Mitchell Hall, September 22.
Old College Gallery, October 19-December 17.
Old College Gallery, October 19-December 17.
Old College Gallery, January 22-March 26. Traveling exhibition.
Recitation Hall, September 11-December 14.
Old College Gallery, September 19.
Recitation Hall, September 11-December 14.
Old College Gallery, February 5-March 28.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, April 9-21.
Old College Gallery, April 26-May 5.
Old College Gallery, 2002 September 5-November 10. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery, January 14-March 28. On loan from private collectors and in collaboration with Reading Public Museum.
Old College Gallery, September-December. Inuit art from the Fred & Lucy Herman Collection of Native American Art and the Mabel & Harley McKeague Collection.
Old College Gallery, April 2-May 9.
Mechanical Hall and Old College Gallery, September 2004-June 2005. Traveling exhibition.
Second printing of catalog.
Old College Gallery, January 10-March 24.
Mechanical Hall, February 14-June 30. Prints from collection.
Old College Gallery, 2006 September 19-December 10. Traveled by Smithsonian Institution (2005-2007) and organized by National Academy of Science, Washington, DC.
Old College Gallery, January 16-March 21. Loan exhibition.
Mechanical Hall, January 16-March 23. Campus members' commentary on African American images.
Mechanical Hall, April 3-July 20. Large loan exhibition.
Old College Gallery, April 20-July 20.
Old College Gallery, September 7-October 3. Curated by Judith Cizek.
Old College Gallery, October 12-December 9. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery, October 12-December 9.
2 copies
Old College Gallery, January 15-March 26.
University Gallery, September 9-December 7. Traveling exhibition.
Catalog from the National Academy of Sciences.
Old College Gallery, September 9-December 7. Traveling exhibition. Artifacts from the Library and Archives of the American Geographical Society.
Brochure from the American Geographical Society Library.
Mechanical Hall, October 1-December 7. Selections from the collection.
Mechanical Hall, October 23.
Old College Gallery, January 13-March 8. Large loan exhibition from artist and regional lenders.
Mechanical Hall, February 3-May 10. Traveling exhibition.
Old College Gallery, March 18-April 26. Loan exhibition.
Mechanical Hall, May 26-July 26. Loan exhibition.
Mechanical Hall, September 2-December 6. Loan exhibition.
Mechanical Hall, February 10-June 6.
Mechanical Hall, September 8-December 5. Loan exhibition from artist, traveling exhibition.
Brochure from the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland.
Old College Gallery, January 12-June 5. Guest curated by Stephen Peterson.
Mechanical Hall, February 9-July 15. Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection.
Mechanical Hall, September 7-December 11. Curated and loaned by artist.
Old College Gallery, September 7-December 4. Loan from artist.
Mechanical Hall, February 1-June 29. Loan exhibition, guest curator Keith Morrison.
Mechanical Hall, September 5-December 9.
Old College Gallery, February 6-June 28.
Mechanical Hall, February 6-May 12. Traveling exhibition with artist loans.
Old College Gallery, February 6-June 28. Photographs from collection.
Old College Gallery, March 2.
Old College Gallery, September 4-December 8. Traveling exhibition.
Mechanical Hall, September 4-December 8. Loans by artist.
Old College Gallery, February 12-June 27. Loan from artist.
Mechanical Hall, September 9-December 11. Loan and installation by South African artists. Easmus was Artist-in-Residence for the Art Department and AI DuPont Hospital for Children.
Old College Gallery, April 6-May 15.
Old College Gallery, August 30-December 9. Loan exhibition curated by Jon Cox.
Supplement to an issue of the
Mineralogical Record (vol. 46, no. 3) devoted to the collection.