Contains personal papers of Elise Stern Haas related exclusively to her over fifty year relationship with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the management and assembly of her private art collection. Records include correspondence, shipping receipts, financial records,...
Contains records generated by the Education Department mainly from 1961 through 1966. Records document the formal establishment of the Education Department within the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Department’s abundant activities during the period that centered on children’s...
Contains records related to film program activities in the San Francisco Museum of Art before the formal establishment of the Film Department. Records are divided into two series reflecting the two main educational functions of the film program from the...
Related to the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco, the Golden Gate International Exposition records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, press releases, brochures, maps, building plans, and notes documenting the involvement of both the San Francisco...
The San Francisco Museum of Art Office of the Director Records contain administrative records from the Museum generated between 1935 and 1958, corresponding with the tenure of its first director, Dr. Grace L. McCann Morley. The SFMA opened in 1935...
The San Francisco Museum of Art Office of the Director Records contain administrative records from the Museum generated between 1959 and 1965, corresponding generally with the 1958-1965 tenure of its second director, George Culler. Highlights of Culler’s years at the...
The San Francisco Museum of Art Office of the Director Records contain administrative records from the Museum generated primarily between 1966 and 1972, corresponding with the tenure of its third director, Gerald Nordland. During these years, Nordland focused largely on...
The Research Library collection consists of materials relating specifically to the maintenance and management of the San Francisco Museum of Art Research Library, primarily under the direction of its first professional librarian, Anneliese Hoyer. Also includes a small set of...
The Women's Board of the San Francisco Museum of Art was formed in December 1934, just before the 1935 opening of the Museum. Its purpose was to advise the Board of Trustees, raise money, organize and administer social functions, and...
The Curatorial collection consists of materials relating to the daily duties of SFMOMA’s curators and curatorial assistants before the formal establishment of curatorial departments. Includes correspondence from several museum staff, most significantly from curator John Humphrey.
The collection consists of records of the Film Department of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art dating from 1970-1980, the majority of which are published materials from external film organizations. The department was responsible for curating and screening film...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Office of the Director Records contain administrative records from the museum generated primarily between 1974 and 1986, corresponding with the tenure of its fourth director, Henry T. Hopkins. During this time the museum...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Publications collection documents the museum’s publications from 1935 to the present. It includes periodicals, catalogs, posters, invitations, ephemera, and miscellaneous objects. The bulk of the collection is exhibition related materials.
Records generated or collected by the publicity department, primarily before it was formalized as a department within the museum. Documents the ways in which the museum promoted itself, its exhibitions, and activities, and the way the institution was described in...
The Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) was founded in 1961 as an auxiliary of the San Francisco Museum of Art. SECA’s objective was to encourage private collectors to purchase contemporary works by local and national artists. SECA’s...