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MEMBERS NEWSLETTER Volume 21, Number 5 September/October 2013 Collectors’ Reserve Art Exhibition and Sale 1 DIRECTor’s reporT Preserving Archival Treasures for Future Generations With the opening of the Helmerich artificial light. It was not until much MEMBERS NEWSLETTER Center for American Research less later that the damaging effects to paper Volume 21, Number 5 September/October 2013 than a year away, the expectation is of prolonged exposure to light were that Gilcrease’s Library and Archival generally understood. collections will receive much more Paper that is made from wood is In this Issue attention than anytime previously. By all organic and, therefore, perishable. It can assessments, the archival records and rare be adversely affected by fluctuations in books are the most under-appreciated, temperature, humidity, and light. Light is and least well-known and researched especially damaging to paper, especially components of the museum’s collections. that which has high proportions of Many of the 100,000 rare books ultra violet rays, e.g., fluorescent and and manuscripts entrusted to Gilcrease daylight. The effects of light exposure are Museum are unique with only one known cumulative and irreversible. Prolonged copy in existence. It is a tremendous exposure can cause inks to fade and responsibility for the museum that is can contribute to chemical degradation committed to making its collections of paper. Valuable documents should accessible to the public and, at the never be displayed under normal lighting Dr. Duane H. King Thomas Moran, Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain J.O. Lewis, Aboriginal Port-Folio, Hand Colored Stone Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) American ca. 1875, chromolithograph, proof before publication, 9 ¾ x 14 inches lithographs, Published in Philadelphia, May 1835 by James Otto Meat’s Not Meat Til It’s In the Pan, oil on canvas, 1915 same time, to preserve its collections conditions (above 50 LUX) for lengthy Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 2001.40.6 Lewis, Lithographed by Lehman & Duval, GM 2126.1796 GM 0137.2244 for the benefit and enjoyment of future periods of time. To ensure the preservation of rare generations. Documents and works of art on archival documents, works on paper, and The archives include a certified copy paper require proper storage and safe historic ephemera, some museums use of the Declaration of Independence. handling practices. Excessive heat high resolution scans, color photocopies FEATURES Without a doubt, this extremely and moisture accelerate the chemical or photographs for display purposes. 4 7 Recently, Gilcrease has embarked on a significant document should be displayed processes that result in the paper being Gilcrease Participating The Anne Morand digitization initiative to create electronic so it can be appreciated by the public and discolored and stiff. Damp environments in Kennedy Center Arts Endowed Fund images of perishable items that can be shared with the world. may result in mold growth and facilitate Initiative A fund has been established in memory When I first saw this document pests. Paper documents should be stored linked with catalog information and used Gilcrease Museum and other local arts of the late Anne Morand to conserve and many years ago, I noticed then that the in acid-free folders and boxes that will for study by researchers and students. organizations are participating in the care for the museum’s collection. first page was more difficult to read than provide physical protection as well as a The digitization effort will require years Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child subsequent pages. The ink was faded and barrier against light and dust. to complete because of the significant initiative. the paper was slightly discolored. The number of items in the collections. Declaration and a few other documents With the increased demand for 6 7 in the Gilcrease collection that are access to and use of archival material In Memoriam Collectors’ Reserve related to the founding of democracy in for research, new methods for sharing We remember the late Anne Morand and Save the date for Collectors’ Reserve art sale America were once part of the Freedom information have been created and her contributions to the art world. and exhibition. Train exhibit. After World War II, the implemented to ensure that the priceless exhibit, with some of the most important original documents and art entrusted to documents in American history, was Gilcrease Museum will be conserved and mounted in a railroad car that stopped at preserved for generations to come. ON THE COVER stations in every state in the union. The DEPARTMENTS exhibit gave many patriotic Americans 8 Zarrow Programs Kevin Harden, Fat Cat Napping, 2012, The largest display of Thomas a chance to connect with documents stoneware, is one of the featured pieces in Moran works in more than 10 Education that can best be described as the birth Duane King 9 this year’s Collectors’ Reserve art exhibition years is on display now in the Getty certificates of our nation. Executive Director of Gilcrease Museum 14 Calendar and sale. The art sale takes place the Gallery. Yellowstone and the West: The The documents were easy to view and TU Vice President for Museum evening of November 7. See page 7 for more Chromolithographs of Thomas Moran and were well lit with natural and Affairs information. continues through September 8. GILCREASE NEWSLETTER GILCREASE NEWSLETTER 2 Diego Columbus Letter to Charles V, 3 (Holy Roman Emperor), 1519 GM 4095.3918 La., Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., artistic contributions.” Community College. Funding is Any Given Child at Gilcrease Sarasota, Fla., Springfield, Mo., and Tulsa organizations participating generously provided by The Charles and Clark County in southern Nevada. in Any Given Child include: Tulsa Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, More than 3,700 Tulsa Public School first Gilcrease is using the museum’s extensive as volunteer docents, museum visits, “We are excited about the museum’s Performing Arts Center Trust, Tulsa The Anne and Henry Zarrow graders are embarking on an incredible Native American collections to create and capstone creative projects led by partnership in fulfilling the vision of Any Library, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Foundation, Nancy and Ray Feldman, journey with Gilcrease Museum this fall a learning experience for first-grade a teaching artist in the classroom. The Given Child,” said Amber Tait, director Opera, Philbrook Museum, Choregus and WPX Energy in honor of Mr. John through Any Given Child, an initiative students. A $10,000 grant from the Sam curriculum has been developed around of the local Any Given Child initiative. Productions, Chamber Music Tulsa, Williams. founded by the Kennedy Center for the Viersen Family Foundation is helping to the theme of American Indian history, “The program has many moving parts, Tulsa Ballet, The Arts & Humanities Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. fund the program. culture and art which supplements the including music, theatre, dance and the Council of Tulsa, Living Arts, 108 For more information on Any Given As one of about a dozen cities “Gilcrease is deeply grateful to the new education standards for the 1st grade visual arts. We are thrilled that Gilcrease Contemporary, Sherwin Miller Child at Gilcrease, contact Sarah participating in the national program, Sam Viersen Family Foundation for in Tulsa Public Schools. Museum’s incredible collection will Museum, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Wright, associate curator for family and one of 10 Tulsa organizations supporting the museum’s participation “The three-tier program is designed be used to teach children about the The City of Tulsa, Tulsa Public Schools, and youth programs: sarah-wright@ partnering to implement it locally, in Any Given Child,” said Duane King, to immerse students in all facets of art many Native American cultures on OU Center of Applied Research for utulsa.edu, or Mark Dolph, volunteer Gilcrease Museum is on the front line of executive director of Gilcrease Museum. appreciation and creation, with a focus our continent and their extraordinary Nonprofit Organizations, and Tulsa coordinator, at [email protected]. an initiative promoting arts education “For many K-8 students, access to the on the American Indian,” said Sarah in kindergarten through eighth grade. arts is all too uncommon and infrequent. Wright, Gilcrease associate curator for The program is focused on K-8 students As the name of the program suggests, youth and family programs. “We want because many elementary and middle ‘any given child’ deserves the opportunity to open a window onto the influential schools have a limited curriculum in the to touch – and be touched by – the arts.” role of art in all our lives. Any Given arts. Beginning this fall, first graders Child is about creating opportunities for Any Given Child’s comprehensive throughout the district will visit the Tulsa children to create, communicate program involves the full spectrum museum’s galleries dedicated to and connect to the wider world around of fine and performing arts: music, American Indian art and artifacts. These them.” theatre, dance and visual art. Every museum visits are only one piece of a The Kennedy Center launched Any partnering organization brings a different “wrap-around” curriculum with three Given Child in 2009. Tulsa was selected expertise and unique resources to the components: preliminary classroom as the fifth site in 2011. Other program collaboration. For its contribution, discussions led by Gillies in their capacity sites include: Austin, Tex., Lafayette, Tulsa, Oklahoma GILCREASE NEWSLETTER GILCREASE NEWSLETTER 4 5 In Memory The Anne Morand Endowed Collections Fund to Conserve, Care for, and Study the Collection Anne Morand In memory and tribute to the work her subsequent work at the Cowboy Hall (December 25, 1951 – July 16, 2013) of Anne Morand, Gilcrease Museum has have proved what a talent she was. She was established an endowed fund in Anne’s curator at Gilcrease when my husband, Jack, Anne Morand had a passion for art, held from 1977 to 1998.