Collection consists of administrative documents relating to gallery events and exhibitions; artists, their artwork, and sales; and financial transactions. The gallery's printed documents pertain to gallery exhibitions and include invitations, "letters to friends", press releases and reviews, clippings about the gallery and Elizabeth Mandell, and sample stationery. There is also a file with information about the gallery's history, including a copy of the publicity card and release about the Gallery's inaugural exhibition, a copy of the obituary of Elizabeth Mandell, select correspondence from 1997, and an article in which Mandell is interviewed along with other directors of small craft galleries. Of particular note are numerous slides of artwork within groupings by media type: clay, glass, and fiber. There are also two sets of artists' files. There are no artists' files for glass artists, which appear to have gone missing at some point. There are a smaller number of files for artists working with other media including metal, wood, baskets, books, jewelry, quilts, and rugs. One set of artists' files is labeled general information and contains materials artists initially submitted for gallery consideration, including a curriculum vita or resume, lists of slides and exhibitions featuring the artist's work, and a small number of slides or photos of artwork. General Information files also include correspondence, press releases, and cards on exhibitions of the artists' work shown by the Mandell Gallery. A second set of artists' files contains sales information for each artist and includes correspondence between artists and Elizabeth Mandell or her assistant. These files also contain documents relating to the sale of the artists' work, including title and description, amount received for the art, the gallery's commission, and name of the buyer. Some of these files also contain slides of the artist's work. There are also files pertaining to information requests for artists' work. One file contains correspondence with the director of California Design, a dues-paying organization created to support designers and craftspeople, of which Elizabeth Mandell was a member of the board of directors. Financial documents include such items as records of customer interest in and purchases of artists' works; a sales record inventory on each artist arranged by media, fiber, clay, and glass; a loose-leaf general ledger with gallery accounts for expenses, sales, and taxable income; and Scriptomatic cards containing what appears to be the gallery's mailing list, color coded to indicate the following categories: promotion, gallery/school/museum, designer/design firm, purchaser, artist, and customers. Of the original set of 3,268 Scriptomatic cards, a sample set of two from each color-coded grouping were retained.
