Finding aid for the Cleveland Art Association Records
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Cleveland Art Association
Title: Cleveland Art Association Records
Dates: 1932-1945
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Cleveland Art Association was an organization of Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropists and art patrons who sought to encourage and support art within the community. The group helped to organize the first May Show, offered vigorous support to the Cleveland Institute of Art, and worked with the Cleveland Museum of Art and other groups to publicize and assist area artists. The collection consists of correspondence from the Cleveland Trust Company regarding scholarship funds and investments, correspondence between donor Newell C. Bolton and the association regarding endowed scholarships, and other financial records.
MS Number MS 4257
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

History of the Cleveland Art Association

The Cleveland Art Association,(f. 1915), was a group of philanthropists and patrons of the Cleveland, Ohio, art world. The group was well known for organizing the first May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art and for its vigorous support of the Cleveland Institute of Art. The Cleveland Art Association often worked with the Cleveland Museum of Art and other groups of artists to publicize and support art in the community.

Scope and Content

The Cleveland Art Association Records, 1932-1945, consist of, in order of arrangement, correspondence from the Cleveland Trust Company regarding the administration of scholarship funds and investments, correspondence between donor Newell C. Bolton and the Cleveland Art Association regarding endowed scholarship funds, and financial non-correspondence.

This collection will be of interest to scholars of the art world in early twentieth century Cleveland, Ohio, and philanthropic organizations in general.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type, then by correspondent, and then chronologically within three folders.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Art -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Art patronage -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Cleveland Art Association (1915- ) -- Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4257 Cleveland Art Association Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Provenance unrecorded.

Processing Information

Processed by James M. Lewis in 1988.