Speed Art Museum

Content Description The collection documents the activities of the J. B. Speed Art Museum from the initial organization of the institution in 1925 as a memorial project to the professional, departmentalized institution of 2011. The collection represents board member, staff, volunteer, art collector, artist, and visitor engagement with the museum. It documents staff and board efforts to alter the organization over time, as represented in board and committee meeting minutes, press releases and clippings,...

Content Description This collection contains personal and biographical materials collected by chief curator Ruth Cloudman while planning an exhibition of Hattie B. Speed. Includes personal correspondence, clippings, and a desk diary Mrs. Speed kept while planning the museum. It also documents the Speed family’s role in Abraham Lincoln memorialization. Correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, and clippings document the commission and 1911 unveiling event of a Weinman statue of Lincoln in the Kentucky State...