Records, 1916-1957.

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Records, 1916-1957.

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Description: Corporate papers (1916-1957), committee minutes and reports, subject files (1916-1935), exhibition record book (1946-1950), financial records (1922-1957), printed records (1916-1957), photographs, and scrapbooks which include the predecessor Milwaukee Art Society items (1910-1937). Corporate papers include the constitution, by-laws, articles of association, and records documenting relationship to Layton Art Gallery and planned War Memorial Center. Scrapbooks document exhibition and membership activities. Photographs are of the MAI building, art class activities, and exhibitions.

10.87 cubic ft.

Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Milwaukee Art Institute

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The Milwaukee Art Society was renamed the Milwaukee Art Institute June 21, 1916, to emphasize its growing importance in mounting exhibitions and providing art education through outreach programs for both school age children and adults. Community groups such as the McDowell Club, Men's Sketch Club, Milwaukee Photo Pictorialists, Civic Music Association, Wisconsin Players, Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors and Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen (Society of Applied Arts), either rented or used the Institu...