Nebraska Art Association, Records
Title: Nebraska Art Association,
Records
Creator: Nebraska Art
Association
Dates: 1888-2008
Quantity: 19
boxes (8 linear feet)
Collection Number: RG
54-04-00
Language: English
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Preferred Citation: Nebraska Art Association, Records (RG 54-04-00). Archives & Special Collections,
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History:
On May 3, 1888, a group of men and women decided to form the Haydon Art Club, named after
British painter, Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846). The club outlined goals relating to the
study and collection of art and sought a venue for the exhibtion of art work. On March 6, 1900,
the directors of the Haydon Art Club voted to change the club to the Nebraska Art Association
(NAA), which focused on programming and education for the entire state. Frank M. Hall became the
first NAA president. Secretary of State of Nebraska George W. Marsh gave official recognition to
the NAA on December 17, 1902.
The campus library, once located in Architecture Hall, served as the first site for NAA
exhibitions. Eventually, a second-floor wing was dedicated to the art department and an art
gallery. Upon the completion of Morrill Hall in 1927, the art gallery moved to the third floor
of that building, where it remained for more than 30 years. Through generous donations from Mary
Francis Sheldon and her bother Adams Bromley Sheldon, along with the support and efforts of the
NAA, the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, designed by architect Philip Johnson, was formally
dedicated on May 16, 1963.
In March 2008, the NAA began operating as the Sheldon Art Association.
Scope and Content:
The materials include administration and organizational records, meeting minutes, membership
reports, financial reports, history, photographs, scrapbooks, and subject files of the
association along with materials relating to major donors and leaders of the Nebraska Art
Association.
Subjects:
Art -- Nebraska -- Lincoln -- History
Art, American -- Nebraska -- 20th century
Nebraska Art Association
Sheldon Art Association
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Sheldon Museum of Art
Series Description:
Series 1: Haydon Art Club, Records, Box 1This series includes a set of records from the Haydon Art Club, including ledgers,
membership information, minutes, exhibition catalogs, and correspondence that document the
beginnings of the Club and its activities in support of museum development and outreach.
Series 2: Administrative Records, Boxes 2-12The majority of the NAA administrative records include minutes of Board of Directors and
Board of Trustee meetings. The majority of these minutes include trustee and director lists,
committee reports, by-laws, and other documents that detail the yearly activities of the
Associaton. Also included in this series are annual reports, financial records, and documents
relating to various committees responsible for NAA activities.
Series 3: Publications and Activities, Boxes 12-15The NAA produced several newsletters to provide to its membership, which provide information
on new works of art for the museum, on exhibitions, and on events and activities relating to
exhibitions and fund raising. Additional materials in this series are related to specific
events, such as special luncheons, competitions, and memorial events relating to major donors
to the Association and to the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
Series 4: Histories and History Resources, Boxes 15-17Includes written and published histories, oral history interview transcripts, scrapbooks,
and news clippings. These materials were created or were collected by NAA board members and
directors and provide valuable information on the development and expansion of the art
collections supported by the Association and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Series 5: Photographs, Boxes 18-19The photographs in the collection relate to exhibitions at the second museum venue in
Morrill Hall. The majority of photographs are from 1991-2000 and are associated with
exhibitions and fund raising activities. Many of these photographs show events that took place
at the Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Container List:
Series 1: Haydon Art Club, RecordsBox 1. Folder 1. Haydon Art Club, minutes, 1888-1900
Box 1. Folder 2. Haydon Art Club, membership, 1893-1899
Box 1. Folder 3. Haydon Art Club, membership, 1897-1898
Box 1. Folder 4. Haydon Art Club, membership ledger, 1888-1893
Box 1. Folder 5. Haydon Art Club, catalog, invitations, 1890s
Box 1. Folder 6. Haydon Art Club, shareholder certificate, 1902
Box 1. Folder 7. Haydon Art Club, articles of incorporation, 1902, undated
Box 1. Folder 8. Haydon Art Club, correspondence, 1930
Series 2: Administrative RecordsBox 1. Folder 9. Nebraska Art Association, articles of incorporation, 1948
Box 1. Folder 10. Minutes, 1900, Mar.-1908
Box 1. Folder 11. Minutes, 1908, Jan.-1921, Feb.
Box 1. Folder 12. Minutes, 1921-1925
Box 1. Folder 13. Minutes, 1926-1927
Box 1. Folder 14. Minutes, 1928-1930
Box 1. Folder 15. Minutes, 1931-1933
Box 2. Folder 1. Minutes, 1934-1936
Box 2. Folder 2. Minutes, 1937-1939
Box 2. Folder 3. Minutes, 1940-1941
Box 2. Folder 4. Minutes, 1942-1943
Box 2. Folder 5. Minutes, 1944-1945
Box 2. Folder 6. Minutes, 1946-1947
Box 2. Folder 7. Minutes, 1948
Box 2. Folder 8. Minutes, 1949-1950
Box 2. Folder 9. Minutes, 1951
Box 2. Folder 10. Minutes, 1952
Box 2. Folder 11. Minutes, 1953
Box 2. Folder 12. Minutes, 1954
Box 2. Folder 13. Minutes, 1955
Box 2. Folder 14. Minutes, 1956
Box 2. Folder 15. Minutes, 1957
Box 2. Folder 16. Minutes, 1958
Box 2. Folder 17. Minutes, 1959
Box 2. Folder 18. Minutes, 1960
Box 2. Folder 19. Minutes, 1961
Box 2. Folder 20. Minutes, 1962
Box 3. Folder 1. Minutes, 1963
Box 3. Folder 2. Minutes, 1964
Box 3. Folder 3. Minutes, 1965
Box 3. Folder 4. Minutes, 1966
Box 3. Folder 5. Minutes, 1967
Box 3. Folder 6. Minutes, 1968
Box 3. Folder 7. Minutes, 1969
Box 3. Folder 8. Minutes, 1970
Box 3. Folder 9. Minutes, 1971
Box 3. Folder 10. Minutes, 1972
Box 3. Folder 11. Minutes, 1973
Box 3. Folder 12. Minutes, 1974
Box 4. Folder 1. Minutes, 1975
Box 4. Folder 2. Minutes, 1976
Box 4. Folder 3. Minutes, 1977
Box 4. Folder 4. Minutes, 1978
Box 4. Folder 5. Minutes, 1979
Box 4. Folder 6. Minutes, 1980
Box 4. Folder 7. Minutes, 1981
Box 4. Folder 8. Minutes, 1982
Box 4. Folder 9. Minutes, 1983
Box 4. Folder 10. Minutes, 1984
Box 4. Folder 11. Minutes, 1985
Box 5. Folder 1. Minutes, 1986
Box 5. Folder 2. Minutes, 1987
Box 5. Folder 3. Minutes, 1988
Box 5. Folder 4. Minutes, 1989
Box 5. Folder 5. Minutes, 1989
Box 5. Folder 6. Minutes, 1990
Box 6. Folder 1. Minutes, 1991
Box 6. Folder 2. Minutes, 1992
Box 6. Folder 3. Minutes, 1993
Box 6. Folder 4. Minutes, 1994
Box 6. Folder 5. Minutes, 1995
Box 6. Folder 6. Minutes, 1996
Box 6. Folder 7. Minutes, 1997
Box 6. Folder 8. Minutes, 1998
Box 6. Folder 9. Minutes, 1999
Box 6. Folder 10. Minutes, 2000
Box 7. Folder 1. Minutes, 2001
Box 7. Folder 2. Minutes, 2002
Box 7. Folder 3. Minutes, 2003
Box 7. Folder 4. Minutes, 2004
Box 7. Folder 5. Minutes, 2005-2006
Box 7. Folder 6. Minutes, 2006, June
Box 7. Folder 7. Minutes, 2006, Sept.
Box 7. Folder 8. Minutes, 2006, Nov.
Box 7. Folder 9. Minutes, 2006, Dec.
Box 7. Folder 10. Minutes, 2007, Jan.-Feb.
Box 7. Folder 11. Minutes, 2007, Mar.-Apr.
Box 7. Folder 12. Minutes, 2007, May
Box 7. Folder 13. Minutes, 2007, June
Box 7. Folder 14. Minutes, 2007, Aug.
Box 7. Folder 15. Minutes, 2007, Sept.
Box 7. Folder 16. Minutes, 2007, Oct-Nov.
Box 7. Folder 17. Minutes, 2007, Dec.
Box 7. Folder 18. Minutes, 2007
Box 7. Folder 19. Annual report, 1964-1965
Box 7. Folder 20. Annual report, 1965
Box 7. Folder 21. Annual report, Director's report, 1965-1966
Box 8. Folder 1. Annual Report, Director's report, 1966-1967
Box 8. Folder 2. Annual Reports, Director's report, 1967-1968
Box 8. Folder 3. Annual report, 1968-1969
Box 8. Folder 4. Annual report, 1969-1970
Box 8. Folder 5. Annual report, 1970-1971
Box 8. Folder 6. Annual reports, 1975-1977
Box 8. Folder 7. Annual "Highlights," 1970
Box 8. Folder 8. Treasurer's ledgers, 1907-1921
Box 8. Folder 9. Treasurer's report, 1910-1911, 1924
Box 8. Folder 10. Treasurer's ledgers, 1923-1934
Box 9. Folder 1. Financial statements, 1951-1966
Box 9. Folder 2. Financial reports, 1951-1978
Box 9. Folder 3. Financial reports, 1979-1981
Box 9. Folder 4. Financial reports, 1982-1984
Box 9. Folder 5. Financial reports, 1986-1988
Box 9. Folder 6. Financial reports, 1988, Apr.-1989, Apr.
Box 9. Folder 7. Financial reports, 1988-1991
Box 10. Folder 1. Financial reports, 1991-1996
Box 10. Folder 2. Financial statements, 2004-2005
Box 10. Folder 3. Budget, 2001-2003
Box 10. Folder 4. Budget, 2008
Box 10. Folder 5. Tax exempt records, 1949, 1970-1971
Box 10. Folder 6. Tax exempt records, 1983
Box 10. Folder 7. Fund drives, 1965, 1970, 1985
Box 10. Folder 8. By-laws, 1970
Box 10. Folder 9. By-laws, trustees, undated
Box 10. Folder 10. Operating agreement, 2001
Box 10. Folder 11. Board handbook, 1973
Box 10. Folder 12. Board handbook, 1982-1983
Box 10. Folder 13. Board of Trustees, manual, 1983-1986
Box 10. Folder 14. Board of Trustees, meeting schedule, 2007-2008
Box 10. Folder 15. President's correspondence, 1965-1974, undated
Box 10. Folder 16. President's memos, incoming officers, 1971
Box 10. Folder 17. Organizational charts, undated
Box 10. Folder 18. Treasurer's manual, 1976
Box 10. Folder 19. Strategic planning, questionnaire, 1991
Box 10. Folder 20. Strategic planning, 1998
Box 10. Folder 21. Strategic planning, 2006-2007
Box 10. Folder 22. Beatrice charter, 1983
Box 11. Folder 1. Membership rosters, 1950-1971
Box 11. Folder 2. Membership rosters, 1960-1985
Box 11. Folder 3. Membership brochures
Box 11. Folder 4. Membership mailings, 1934
Box 11. Folder 5. Membership mailings
Box 11. Folder 6. Membership postcards
Box 11. Folder 7. Committee reports, 1974, 1988-1997
Box 11. Folder 8. Collections committee, by-laws, agreements, 2001
Box 11. Folder 9. Collections committee, mission, policies
Box 11. Folder 10. Collections committee, "paintings owned"
acquisitions, 1927, 1949, 1954
Box 11. Folder 11. Collections committee, agreement with university, 1998-1999
Box 11. Folder 12. Collections committee, collection management policy, 2001, Aug.
Box 11. Folder 13. Collections committee, rosters, 1999-2004
Box 11. Folder 14. Collections committee, lending, loans, 1958, 1969, 2001
Box 12. Folder 1. Collections committee, minutes, 1998-1999
Box 12. Folder 2. Collections committee, minutes, 2000-2002
Box 12. Folder 3. Collections committee, minutes, 2002-2005
Box 12. Folder 4. Collections committee, minutes, 2003
Box 12. Folder 5. Collections committee, proposed de-accessions, 1998
Box 12. Folder 6. Collections committee, Seidell on de-accessioning, undated
Box 12. Folder 7. Collections committee, Christie's, memos, correspondence, 1998-1999
Box 12. Folder 8. Collections committee, Pollock, memos, correspondence, 1999
Box 12. Folder 9. Collections committee, Truit, memos, correspondence, 1999
Box 12. Folder 10. Publications committee, memo, correspondence, 1976?, 1984-1985
Box 12. Folder 11. Publications committee, minutes, 1998
Box 12. Folder 12. Correspondence, 1957-1988
Box 12. Folder 13. Correspondence, 1980-1990
Box 12. Folder 14. Correspondence, 1990-1992
Box 12. Folder 15. Correspondence, undated
Series 3: Publications and ActivitiesBox 12. Folder 16. NAA Bulletin, 1962, Apr. 14-1963, Apr. 12
Box 12. Folder 17. NAA Quarterly, 1971-1972
Box 12. Folder 18. NAA Quarterly, 1973
Box 13. Folder 1. NAA Quarterly, 1974-1975
Box 13. Folder 2. NAA Quarterly, 1982-1984
Box 13. Folder 3. NAA Quarterly, 1985-1987
Box 13. Folder 4. NAA Quarterly, 1988-1989
Box 13. Folder 5. NAA Newsletter, 1977-1982
Box 13. Folder 6. Perspectives, 1989-1992
Box 13. Folder 7. Gallery Notes, 1986-1996
Box 13. Folder 8. Gallery Notes, 1997-2004
Box 13. Folder 9. Gallery Notes, 2005-2007
Box 14. Folder 1. European tour, 1961, 1964
Box 14. Folder 2. 75th Anniversary, correspondence, history notes, programs, 1963, Apr. 19
Box 3. Folder 3. Contests, 1964, undated
Box 14. Folder 4. "Art in the Home Tour," 1965, Sept.
Box 14. Folder 5. Luncheons, 1967, 1977
Box 14. Folder 6. Plate project, Pozzatti, Lenox China, 1971-1974
Box 14. Folder 7. Men's luncheon series, 1972-1973
Box 14. Folder 8. Travel tours, 1972, 1988
Box 14. Folder 9. Living Pictures exhibition, 1973
Box 14. Folder 10. Folgers Coffee silver show, 1973-1975
Box 14. Folder 11. Banker's Life luncheons, 1974
Box 14. Folder 12. Governor's Mansion party, 1975-1976
Box 14. Folder 13. Fashion Show, 1976
Box 14. Folder 14. Christmas party, 1986
Box 14. Folder 15. Bird house competition, 1988
Box 14. Folder 16. Saturday Studios Scholarship, 1990
Box 14. Folder 17. Art in the Garden, 1998-2001
Box 14. Folder 18. Event correspondence, 1968, 1974, 1985
Box 14. Folder 19. Events, invitations, Haydon Gallery, 1997-1999
Box 14. Folder 20. Events, invitations, Haydon Gallery, 2000-2004, undated
Box 14. Folder 21. Tributes, memorials, Nellie Vance, 1941, 1966
Box 14. Folder 22. Tributes, memorials, Barbour, Silverman, Seacrest, 1947, 1964, 1979
Box 15. Folder 1. Tributes, memorials, Olga Sheldon, Sheldon family
Box 15. Folder 2. Tributes, memorials, Fred Wells, 1970-1976
Series 4: Histories and History ResourcesBox 15. Folder 3. Membership rosters, 1888, 1900 (copies)
Box 15. Folder 4. History, "Early Artists..." M.M. Turner, 1932
Box 15. Folder 5. Semi-centennial history typescript, Minnie Latta Ladd, pgs. 1-74, circa 1940
Box 15. Folder 6. Semi-centennial history typescript, Minnie Latta Ladd, pgs. 75-152, circa 1940
Box 15. Folder 7. Semi-centennial history typescript, Minnie Latta Ladd, pgs. 153-223, circa 1940
Box 15. Folder 8. Semi-centennial history, updated typescript, Minnie Latta Ladd, pgs.
1-70
Box 15. Folder 9. Semi-centennial history, updated typescript, Minnie Latta Ladd, pgs.
71-140
Box 15. Folder 10. History 1888-1960, Fred Wells, typescript, circa 1960
Box 15. Folder 11. History Fred Wells, typescript, Geske edits, circa 1970
Box 15. Folder 12. The Nebraska Art Association: A History 1888-1971,
Fred Wells, published copy, 1972
Box 15. Folder 13. History proposal, 1960-1962
Box 15. Folder 14. Lonnie Pierson, history minutes, 1983
Box 16. Folder 1. Speech, Fred Wells, 1965, Mar. 12
Box 16. Folder 2. Typescript, The Permanent Collection...," Fred Wells, undated
Box 16. Folder 3. Junior League Provisionals speech, 1973, Jan.
Box 16. Folder 4. Interview, Shaw, Johnson, Moholy-Nagy, 1963
Box 16. Folder 5. Interview, Pinky Cherry, 1983
Box 16. Folder 6. Interview, Bruce Hazen, 1985, Aug.
Box 16. Folder 7. Interview, Mike Seacrest, 1985
Box 16. Folder 8. "Haydon Art Club" Lonnie Pierson, 1988
Box 16. Folder 9. History, Art Thompson
Box 16. Folder 10. History typescript, 1987
Box 16. Folder 11. History typescript draft, undated
Box 16. Folder 12. History, unidentified documents
Box 16. Folder 13. Scrapbook, 1939-1957
Box 16. Folder 14. Publicity book, 1957-1959
Box 16. Folder 14-16. Scrapbook, 1958-1961
Box 16. Folder 17. Scrapbook, Olga Sheldon, European tour, 1961
Box 17. Folder 1. Scrapbook, 1963
Box 17. Folder 2. Scrapbook, Washington, D.C., honoring Olga Sheldon, 1971, Oct. 4
Box 17. Folder 3. News clippings, 1929-1944
Box 17. Folder 4. News clippings, 1950-1959
Box 17. Folder 5. News clippings, 1960-1963
Box 17. Folder 6. News clippings, 1970-1979
Series 5: PhotographsBox 18. Folder 1. Photos, Nelle Vance, 1950s
Box 18. Folder 2. Photos, 1955
Box 18. Folder 3. Photos, slides, "Living Pictures," 1957-1973
Box 18. Folder 4. Photos, 1960s-1980s
Box 18. Folder 5. Photos, 1961
Box 19. Folder 1. Photos, 1991-1992
Box 19. Folder 2. Photos, 1995
Box 19. Folder 3. Photos, 1996-1997
Box 19. Folder 4. Photos, 1998
Box 19. Folder 5. Photos, 1999
Box 19. Folder 6. Photos, 2000
Box 19. Folder 7. Photos, 2001
Box 19. Folder 8. Photos, undated
Related Material and Resources: Please see the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Records (RG 54-01), the Sheldon Memorial Art
Gallery, Exhibition Records (RG 54-01-01), the Nebraska Art Association, Exhibition Records (RG
54-04-01), the Sheldon Museum of Art, Records (RG 54-07), the Sheldon Museum of Art, Exhibition
Catalogs (RG 54-07-01), and the Sheldon Art Association, Records (RG 54-08). |