Save Jonson Gallery Collection
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-154
Scope and Content Note
Save Jonson Gallery Collection is comprised of petitions, letters of support, correspondence, related documents, and newspaper clippings regarding the 1998 campaign to preserve Jonson Gallery from new construction threats.
Dates
- 1945-1999
- Majority of material found within 1997-1999
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Historical Note
The Jonson Gallery was the former on-campus home of Transcendentalist painter and art professor, Raymond Jonson. In addition to his art collection, he bequeathed his home to the University of New Mexico for student exhibition and teaching space. In 1998, many years after Jonson’s death, Jonson Gallery curator Tiska Blankenship learned of the university’s plan to build a parking structure near the gallery, or perhaps to even raze the gallery to accommodate the planned structure. Blankenship initiated a campaign to save the Jonson Gallery and with professional and community support successfully saved the gallery from destruction, though a parking structure was built adjacent to it several years later.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 Boxes)
Abstract
Save Jonson Gallery Collection is comprised of petitions, letters of support, correspondence, related documents, and newspaper clippings regarding the 1998 campaign to preserve Jonson Gallery from new construction threats.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Save Jonson Gallery Collection, 1945-1999
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Maxine Marks
- Date
- © 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451