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Kimbell Art Museum Library Profile

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:23:27 -0500

The Kimbell Art Museum Library opened in 1967. Its collection consists of 42,000 books; 4,800 bound periodicals with subscriptions to 155 current periodicals; 17,000 auction catalogues, plus microfiche collections, including the Witt Library Collection and Deloynes Collection; microfilms; and online-research databases.

The Library’s strongest area of collecting, corresponding to the Museum’s acquisitions, is European painting and sculpture from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century. This is followed by Asian art from antiquity to the nineteenth century. The Library also acquires materials on Mediterranean antiquities, Western medieval art, Precolumbian art, and African art. Reflecting its emphasis on European and Asian art, the Library includes hard-to-find sets of artist monographs, exhibition catalogues, encyclopedias, dictionaries, conservation materials, and auction catalogues.

Profile: Visual Resources Center, Department of Art & Design, Texas State University-San Marcos

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:03:55 -0500

Overview

The Visual Resources Center (VRC) in the Department of Art & Design at Texas State University in San Marcos consists of both visual materials collections and the Student-Learning Lab. Both are intended for use in teaching and learning by department faculty and students. The collections were initially established for undergraduate instruction in art history using 35mm slides. Presently, the VRC houses a small donated book collection, film and audio-CD collection, 35mm slides, a digital image archive, and several pieces of loanable projection equipment.
Collection content almost exclusively reflects fine art, cinema, or contemporary commercial art. Emphasis upon particular art styles, art periods, art media, or individual creators reflects the teaching interests of department faculty.

Profile: Visual Resources Collection, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:54:50 -0600

Contact Details

Visual Resources Collection
School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, B7500
Austin TX, 78712-0222

Phone: 512.471.0143
Web site

Physical Location:
Sutton Hall, Room 3.128

Collection Profile: Visual Resource Collection, Texas A&M University

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:07 -0500

The Visual Resource Collection is located within the Technical Reference Center, the architectural reference library supported by the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. The collection functions principally as a teaching resource for faculty within the college, but also serves faculty outside of the college and grants limited access to students. The collection consists of almost 152,000 35 mm slides and over 36,000 digital images of primarily art and architecture.

The Visual Resource Collection houses several special collections including the Gunn Collection. Ralph Ellis Gunn was a prominent landscape architect who designed extensively in the River Oaks area of Houston in the 1950’s, 60’s and early 70’s. The Gunn Collection includes sets of landscaping plans for residences in Houston, other areas of Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. The collection consists of several books, sets of plans, and almost 900 slides, all digitally imaged, donated in the late 1970’s and is available for viewing within the library.

Collection Profile: Alexander Architectural Archive at the University of Texas at Austin

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:56:51 -0600

Contact Details

Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries,
The University of Texas at Austin
PO Box P (BTL200 S5430)
Austin, TX 78713-8916 USA
Telephone: 512-495-4621
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/apl/aaa/

Collection Profile: Green Art Research Library, The Old Jail Art Center

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:48:17 -0500

Contact Details

Green Art Research Library
The Old Jail Art Center
201 S. 2nd St.
Albany, TX 76430
Phone: 325-762-2269
Email: archivist@theoldjailartcenter.org
Web site (library): http://www.theoldjailartcenter.org/libarch/library.htm
Web site (museum): http://www.theoldjailartcenter.org

Collection Profile: Rice Visual Resources Center

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:36:48 -0500

Contact Details

Visual Resources Center
Department of Art History, Rice University
6100 Main St, 103 Herring Hall
Email: vrc@rice.edu
Web site: arthistory.rice.edu/vrc.cfm