Beaux Arts, Incorporated
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks containing newsclippings, publicity, and photographs of Balls (1953-1966) and Fairs (1967-1974); 120 color slides of balls
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1974
Creator
- Beaux Arts (Davenport, Iowa) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
The Beaux Arts Fund Committee, Inc., was incorporated November 2, 1953 as a fund-raising support group for the Davenport Museum of Art. There were 22 people listed as incorporators, most well-known of which was the Davenport sculptor Isabel Bloom.
The Committee organized Beaux Arts Balls as their fund-raiser for many years. Each event had an original theme that guided the creative costumes that patrons wore. In 1967, Ed Voss, who had chaired most of the balls, suggested staging a weekend art fair instead. The direction of their fund-raiser changed from then on. [Source: http://www.beauxartsfair.com/history.html Accessed June 9, 2017]
Extent
3 Box(es) (2 oversized boxed scrapbooks and 6 slide sheets in small box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 42 Section 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
Cultural context
Function
Topical
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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