Yale Center for British Art Reference Library and Archives Department records
Collection
Call Number: A029
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Reference Library and Archives department administrative records, documentation of the Reference Library's book collection, and documents pertaining to the development of its Photograph Archive.
Dates
- 1973 - 2015
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unprocessed and may not be available for immediate access.
Extent
36 Linear Feet (36 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Persistent URL
Biographical / Historical
The Reference Library contains over 30,000 titles and 80 current periodicals devoted to British art, artists, and culture from the fifteenth through twenty-first centuries. Formats include periodicals and auction catalogues, catalogues raisonnés, biographies, architectural surveys, ephemera, microfilm, and recorded lectures.
The Reference Library also contains the Photograph Archive, a study collection of over 200,000 photographic reproductions of British artworks from the sixteenth to early twentieth century, mainly from collections in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
The Center’s Institutional Archives is the official repository for all historical documentation of the Center, recording its development from its inception in the mid-1960s to the present.
The Reference Library also contains the Photograph Archive, a study collection of over 200,000 photographic reproductions of British artworks from the sixteenth to early twentieth century, mainly from collections in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
The Center’s Institutional Archives is the official repository for all historical documentation of the Center, recording its development from its inception in the mid-1960s to the present.
- Title
- Yale Center for British Art Reference Library and Archives Department records
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Yale Center for British Art, Institutional Archives Repository
Contact:
Institutional Archives
1080 Chapel Street
P. O. Box 208280
New Haven CT 06520-8280 US
(203) 432-8395
ycba.institutionalarchives@yale.edu
Institutional Archives
1080 Chapel Street
P. O. Box 208280
New Haven CT 06520-8280 US
(203) 432-8395
ycba.institutionalarchives@yale.edu
Location
1080 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06510