The Museum Archives houses special collections pertaining to museum history, locally significant artists / designers, and collectors with strong ties to the Museum's art holdings.
Finding aids for archival holdings can be consulted in ArchivesSpace.
Collecting Statement: The Museum Archives currently only collects materials related to museum history on a case-by-case basis.
The Museum Archives houses legacy collections on artists / designers local to the area and / or with strong connections to the Museum's collections.
Walter Barker
Mildred B. Carpenter*
Margot O. Clark
Frances Del Mar
Fred Dreher*
Charles and Ray Eames
Mary Engelbreit [artist file only]
Susie H. M. Hewitt
Joe Jones
Bessie Lowenhaupt [artist file only]
J. Scott MacNutt
Carl Milles
Victor Proetz*
Maria Regnier
Martin Schweig
Richard Serra [artist file only; see art documentation collections]
Walters Shepherd
Alfred Stieglitz
Marie Taylor*
E. Oscar Thalinger [artist file only]
Frederic Jean Thalinger [artist file only]
Edmund H. Wuerpel*
Anders Leonard Zorn [artist file only]
Note: * denotes a separate artist file also exists in the Archives.
The following collectors, dealers, and galleries have materials housed in the Museum Archives based on strong connections to the Museum's permanent collection:
Alexander-Suggs Gallery
James Ballard
Lucy Lopata [Mrs. Stanley Lopata]
Mallinckrodt Collection
Morton D. May*
Ronald Maurice and Monique McRipley Ollie
George E. Hibbard
Max Safron
St. Louis Arms Collectors
Note: * denotes a separate artist file also exists in the Archives.
In addition to institutional records, the Museum Archives preserves and provide access to special collections documenting the Saint Louis Art Museum’s campus, its events, exhibitions, and activities.
