Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee records
Collection — Envelope: 1, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 33-5-1373
Memos, agenda, and minutes of the Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee, a university wide committee charged with the acquisition of art on the North (Amherst) and South (Main Street) campuses.
Dates
- 1973-1977
Terms of Access and Use
Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee records are open for research.
Copyright
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Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
Memos, agenda, and minutes of the Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee, a university wide committee charged with the acquisition of art on the North (Amherst) and South (Main Street) campuses.
Historical Note
In November 1973, a group of faculty petitioned then President Robert L. Ketter to “appoint a University-wide ‘Committee for Art on the Campuses’ and that a fund of $50,000 be established as a commitment to the purchase and placement of sculpture and other appropriate art on the Amherst and Main Street campuses” (33/5/1373, Memo to Ketter, November 7, 1973).
Ketter agreed, and in October 1974, appointments were made to the newly formed Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee. The Committee’s primary responsibilities were: Works of creative and performing art to be commissioned for the dedicatory ceremonies projected for the fine arts buildings which were opening on the Amherst campus; a policy for the acquisition of works of art to be part of the décor of all Amherst campus buildings and, conceivably, of the then-rehabilitated Main Street campus buildings; and establish an arts management policy for the administration of the Amherst Fine Arts complex (33/5/1373, Memo from Robert L. Ketter to Dr. J. Benjamin Townsend, October 7, 1974).
Ketter agreed, and in October 1974, appointments were made to the newly formed Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee. The Committee’s primary responsibilities were: Works of creative and performing art to be commissioned for the dedicatory ceremonies projected for the fine arts buildings which were opening on the Amherst campus; a policy for the acquisition of works of art to be part of the décor of all Amherst campus buildings and, conceivably, of the then-rehabilitated Main Street campus buildings; and establish an arts management policy for the administration of the Amherst Fine Arts complex (33/5/1373, Memo from Robert L. Ketter to Dr. J. Benjamin Townsend, October 7, 1974).
Arrangement
Roughly chronological.
Acquisition Information
The Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee records was accessioned into University Archives in 1985 (accession 85-066) and stored in the Archives vertical file. In April 2019, this material was removed from the vertical file to form this collection.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Amy Vilz, April 2019; finding aid encoded by Amy Vilz, April 2019.
Source
- University Archives (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Commemorative Arts and Arts Management Committee records
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Amy Vilz
- Date
- 23 April 2019
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
Contact:
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420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu