2178366The Museum (Jackson) — AppendixMargaret Talbot Jackson

APPENDIX
Blanks

IN printing blanks for use in a typewriter, the printer should be warned to arrange the lines according to the width of the spacing on the machine to be used.

The two following blanks should be made out in duplicate and the carbon kept on file:

CONDITIONS TO BE PRINTED ON BACK OF RECEIPT

1. Objects will not be returned to their owners except on presentation and surrender of this receipt, or, if it be lost, upon certification of such fact by the owner, or his legal representative, and presentation of a written order for delivery signed by the owner or by such representative.

2. In case of the death of a lender, the legal representative of the deceased shall notify the Director of the Institute forthwith, giving his full name and address in writing.

3. The Institute of Arts assumes no responsibility in regard to objects loaned to it for exhibition beyond the exercise of such precautions as are observed for the safeguarding of its own collections.

4. Permission to copy or photograph works of art lent to the Institute is granted only after consent has been obtained from the owners.

CONDITIONS TO BE PRINTED ON BACK OF RECEIPT

1. This receipt must in all cases be returned to the Institute upon notification of the action of the Trustees in regard to the objects hereon enumerated.

In the case of accepted loans another receipt will be given, and in the case of purchases or gifts accepted this receipt becomes void.

2. Objects will not be returned to their owners except on presentation and surrender of this receipt, or, if it be lost, upon certification of such fact by the owner, or his legal representative, and presentation of a written order for delivery signed by the owner or by such representative.

3. The Institute will take the same precautions with objects temporarily in its possession as with its own permanent collection, but will not assume any further responsibility for such objects.

If the receipt is not presented when objects are returned a receipt should be given the museum by the person taking the object away.

ACCESSION CATALOGUE CARD

Accessions Number Class. Country. Century.
1. Artist's Name dates of birth and death
2.
3. Subject or name of object and description
4. Date if known
5. Marks Material Size
Photograph 6.
7. Purchase, Gift, Bequest
8.
9. Provenance
10.
11.
12. Published.
13.
14.
15.
16. Photographed by.

The numbers indicate the line in the typewriter. The spacing is arranged for a card 4×6 inches

PASS
NAME OF INSTITUTION NAME OF INSTITUTION
Gatekeeper's Check
Pass the Pass the
to which this is attached to which this is attached
Signed Signed
Date Date
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ACCESSIONS BOOK PAGE, LEFT-HAND LEAF
Running No. Accession No. Date. Description.
1 16.1 Jan. 15, 1916 Painting, Portrait of George Washington by Stuart
2 16.2 Jan. 26, 1916 Iron bracket, Italian, Florentine, XVI Cent.
3


ACCESSIONS BOOK PAGE, RIGHT-HAND LEAF
Gift or Purchase. From Whom Acquired. Remarks. Measurements. Cost.
Gift of Mrs. J. Brown . . Stretcher
24×36
.
Purchase Roderique & Co.
310 5th Ave.,
N. Y.
{Formerly on the
Palazzo Vanni,
Florence.
12×36 $350.



BY-LAWS

The following are the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, which are here published by courtesy of the President of the Society. They take the place of the charter or constitution which in some states is necessary. They are included here as an example of the subjects to be covered in such cases, but could not be used without modification. It is the custom, and a very wise one, to have the director present at all meetings of the trustees, and at any meeting of a standing committee at which matters with which he is familiar are to be discussed. He should be thoroughly in sympathy with the trustees, and they with him, or the work cannot prosper.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS

(Filed February 2, 1883).

We, the undersigned, do hereby associate ourselves for the purpose of forming a corporation under the provisions of title three (3) of chapter thirty-four (34) of the general statutes of the State of Minnesota, and the acts amendatory thereof, and to that end hereby adopt and sign the following Articles of Incorporation:

Article I

The name of the corporation shall be "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts."

The general purposes of this corporation shall be to foster and to promote educational, artistic and scientific interests. No pecuniary gain or profit shall accrue from membership in the Society.

The plan of operation of the Society shall be to establish, own or control, and to maintain, museums, galleries and libraries; to acquire books and manuscripts, scientific collections, and objects of fine and industrial arts; to institute and support schools, and to provide lectures, instruction and entertainments in furtherance of the general purposes of the Society.

The location of the corporation shall be in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Article II

This corporation is formed without capital stock.

Article III

Section 1. Those persons who are now, or shall hereafter become, benefactors, patrons, fellows in perpetuity and fellows for life, and such other classes of members as may be established by by-law and so designated, shall be members of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of trustees of the Society, and upon other matters pertaining to its direction and the carrying out of its purposes. Such persons shall be known as Governing Members. At any meeting of the corporation, any of such members shall have the right to be represented by proxy, to be appointed in writing signed by such member.

Section 2. Any person who shall contribute to the Society money or property, accepted by the Society, of the value of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be eligible to be chosen a Benefactor of the Society by the Board of Trustees, and, when so chosen, shall have the privilege of appointing a successor, who shall be a fellow in perpetuity, with all the rights of such fellow.

Section 3. Any person who shall contribute to the Society money or property, accepted by the Society, of the value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be eligible to be chosen a Patron of the Society by the Board of Trustees, and, when so chosen, shall have the privilege of appointing a successor, who shall be a fellow in perpetuity, with all the rights of such fellow.

Section 4. Any person who shall contribute to the Society money or property, accepted by the Society, of the value of five thousand dollars ($5000) shall be eligible to be chosen as a Fellow in Perpetuity of the Society by the Board of Trustees. Such person, when so chosen, shall have a fellow's right in perpetuity, with the privilege of appointing a successor in such fellowship in perpetuity, in the manner prescribed by by-law.

Section 5. Any person who shall contribute to the Society money or property, accepted by the Society, of the value of one thousand dollars ($1000) shall be eligible to be chosen a Fellow for Life by the Board of Trustees.

Section 6. The Governing Members of the corporation may, by by-law, constitute other classes of members, upon such conditions as the by-laws shall prescribe, who shall be entitled to free admission to the exhibition rooms of the Society at all reasonable times, and the enjoyment of such other privileges as may be permitted by by-law.

Article IV

Section 1. The government of the corporation and the management of its affairs shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, consisting of not less than fifteen nor more than thirty elective members, to be fixed by resolution of the Board of Trustees, and, in addition, the Mayor, for the time being, of the City of Minneapolis, the president, for the time being, of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, the president, for the time being, of the Library Board of the City of Minneapolis, and the president, for the time being, of the Board of Education of the City of Minneapolis, ex officio. Said elective trustees shall be chosen by the Governing Members of the corporation at the annual meeting of the members which shall be held at the office of the Society in the City of Minneapolis on the second Wednesday in October. Said Trustees shall hold office, respectively, for the term of five years and until their successors shall be elected and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties, and shall be divided into five classes, as nearly equal in number as may be, and the terms of office of said classes shall expire in successive years, so that in each year the members of one class only shall be elected for the full term of five years. Whenever the number of the Board of Trustees shall be increased, the additional members shall be elected by the Board and each of the newly elected Trustees shall be assigned by the Board to one of said classes, and his term shall expire with that of the class to which he is assigned. In case a vacancy shall occur in the Board of Trustees, by reason of the enlargement of its membership or otherwise, the existing Trustees may fill the same for the unexpired term, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.

Section 2. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, three (3) vice-presidents, a secretary and treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the Trustees and shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected, and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person.

Section 3. Five trustees shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Trustees, and, at all meetings of the corporation, thirteen members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Article V

The directors of this corporation may, from time to time, make such rules, regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent herewith, nor contrary to law, as may be deemed necessary or expedient for the management of its affairs, and to carry out effectually the purpose of this organization. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 31st day of January, a.d. 1883.

Here follow names of twenty-five incorporators and acknowledgment of their signatures.

BY-LAWS
OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS


Article I
OFFICERS

Section 1. The President and Vice-President shall be elected by the Board of Trustees from among their own number. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Trustees, but need not be members of the Board.

Each of such officers shall hold office for one (1) year from November first to November first and until his successor shall be elected and shall assume his office.

In case of the death, resignation, removal or refusal to serve of any officer, the Trustees shall have power to fill the vacancy so created.

Section 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the corporation or Trustees and shall, from time to time, bring to their attention such subjects as in his opinion require action or are worthy of consideration. He shall execute all contracts and instruments on behalf of the corporation.

Section 3. In case of death, absence, resignation or disability of the President, the senior Vice-President in point of service shall perform the duties of the President.

Section 4. The Secretary shall have charge of the books, records and archives of the Society, except such as are specifically placed in the control of any other officer; he shall cause notices to be issued of all meetings of the corporation, of the Trustees and of the executive committee, and shall keep a record of the proceedings of all such meetings. He shall sign all contracts and other instruments on behalf of the corporation; he shall have the custody of the seal of the Society and affix the same when authorized so to do by the President, by the Executive Committee or by the finance committee, and shall perform such other duties as usually pertain to his office.

Section 5. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse the funds of the corporation under the direction of the Trustees or of the Executive Committee; he shall keep a true and accurate account of the finances of the corporation in books belonging to it, which shall be in his custody and shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Trustees; he shall report the financial condition of the corporation quarterly, and shall perform such other duties as usually pertain to his office.

Section 6. Any Benefactor of the Society whose gifts or services merit the distinction, may be elected by the Trustees an Honorary President for life.

Section 7. The Trustees may provide for the election or appointment of such other officers as may from time to time be deemed advisable.

Article II
TRUSTEES

Section 1. If any trustee shall be absent from three (3) consecutive regular meetings, unless such absence be due to sickness, absence from the county, or other reason which shall be declared a sufficient excuse by the Board of Trustees, by a resolution entered in its records, he shall be considered as having resigned his office and the Secretary shall notify the Trustees thereof.

Section 2. In case of any vacancy in the Board of Trustees, by death, resignation, or failure to attend the meetings, the remaining Trustees shall have power to fill the same, by an election at any regular or special meeting, for the unexpired term; but no such election shall be made except from nominations in writing filed with the Secretary at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting at which the election occurs.

Article III
MEETINGS

Section 1. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the second Wednesday in October, or upon any date thereafter to which said annual meeting may be adjourned. At such meeting a report shall be presented by the Trustees of their transactions during the preceding year and of the general condition of the Society, and of any other matters that may prove of interest to the governing members.

Section 2. Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by the Secretary upon five (5) days' written notice to the governing members, upon an order of the President or of the executive committee, or upon the written request of ten (10) members.

Section 3. At all meetings of the Society thirteen (13) members shall constitute a quorum.

Section 4. Regular quarterly meetings of the Trustees shall be held on the second Monday of December, March, June and September in each year and may be adjourned from time to time as the Trustees shall determine.

Section 5. Special meetings of the Trustees may be called at any time by the Secretary, upon twenty-four (24) hours' written notice, upon the order of the President or of the executive committee, or the written request of three (3) members of the Board.

Section 6. At all meetings of the Board of Trustees, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum.

Article IV
STANDING COMMITTEES

Section 1. There shall be five (5) standing committees of the Society, as follows:

1. A Finance Committee to consist of three (3) members of the Board of Trustees and the Treasurer of the Society ex officio, of which committee one of the Vice-Presidents shall be chairman. The Finance Committee shall have charge of the moneys and securities of the Society and of their investment and reinvestment, and shall make recommendations to the Boards of Trustees from time to time concerning the financial interests of the Society.

2. An Executive Committee to consist of five (5) members of the Society, of which committee one of the Vice-Presidents shall be chairman. This committee shall have general charge of the affairs of the corporation when the Board is not in session, and shall have immediate charge, control and regulation of the Institute when completed and in operation.

3. An Auditing Committee to consist of three (3) members of the Board of Trustees, none of whom shall belong to the Executive or Finance Committee. It shall be the duty of the Auditing Committee to examine the Treasurer's books and vouchers quarterly, and to audit his accounts before they are presented to the Trustees, and also to examine and certify his annual statement before it is presented to the Society; it shall also, at least annually, and oftener if deemed necessary, examine the securities of the permanent funds of the Society and report thereon to the Trustees, employing for any of the foregoing reports such professional accountants or assistance as may be deemed necessary.

4. A Committee on Acquisitions to consist of five (5) members, one or more of whom may, in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be expert, and may be non-resident in the city of Minneapolis or State of Minnesota. One of the Vice-Presidents shall be chairman of this committee. All objects of art proposed to be given to, or purchased by, the Society, shall be submitted to, and examined by, this committee, and no object shall be purchased or accepted on behalf of the Society unless it shall be approved by at least four members of the committee, or approved by an expert specifically authorized by the Board.

5. A School Committee to consist of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) members, of whom two (2) at least shall be Trustees and the others may be selected from members of the Society outside of the Board. It shall be the duty of this committee to supervise and direct the conduct of the School of Art maintained by the Society and to recommend to the Board of Trustees from time to time the appropriations for the sup- port of the school and the persons to be employed as directors or teachers therein.

Section 2. An Exhibition Committee to consist of five (5) members, of which the chairman shall be a member of the Board of Trustees, may, in the discretion of the Board, and upon its resolution, be appointed. This committee, if constituted at any time, shall assist the director or acting director of the Institute, as he may desire, in planning for, and arranging exhibits, or in arranging courses of lectures or other entertainments to be given under the auspices of the Society.

Section 3. Each of the foregoing committees shall report to the Board of Trustees whenever requested so to do and may report at any meeting of the Trustees, regular or special.

Section 4. No committee of the Board of Trustees, or any officer or agent of the Society, shall incur any expense, liability or indebtedness for the Society except in pursuance of prior appropriations therefor, or of a vote of the Board of Trustees, at a regular or special meeting.

Section 5 . All committees shall be appointed by the President as soon after the first day of November in each year as convenient and committees so appointed shall continue in office until their successors shall be named and shall assume their duties. All vacancies occurring in the committees shall be filled by the President, for the unexpired term.

Section 6. The Trustees may provide for the appointment of such other committees as may, from time to time, be deemed advisable.

Section 7. The President shall be, ex officio, a member of every standing committee.

Article V
ANNUAL MEMBERS

There is hereby constituted a class to be known as Annual Members. Any person who shall contribute to the Society the sum of ten dollars ($10), may become an annual member and shall, with members of his or her family and non-resident guests, be entitled at all times to free admission to all lectures and other entertainments given by the Society, to all temporary exhibitions held under the auspices of the Society, and to all permanent exhibitions of the Society in the rooms or buildings occupied by it from time to time.

The dues of annual members shall become payable on the first day of November in each year, and the name of any annual member whose dues shall not be paid by the first day of January next following, shall be stricken from the rolls and the membership rights shall be withdrawn.

Article VI

CERTIFICATES OF MEMBERSHIP

The Trustees shall cause to be provided suitable certificates of membership for the various classes of members of the Society. One of such certificates, signed by the President and counter-signed by the Secretary, shall be delivered to each member of the Society, according to his class.

NOTES

The custom of beginning the fiscal and business year on October first, which comes about from the fact that the school year begins at that time, is often impracticable. Whatever the date chosen, some branch of a large work will be inconvenienced thereby, but the beginning of the calendar year is usually preferable to any other time, on account of the system of numbering accessions which is in use in most museums.

Memberships should begin whenever the money is paid and expire at the end of the period paid for, otherwise a member who might join March 1st will wait till November and the Society will lose six months' use of the money.

Where an accessions committee is given absolute power, as here, the director is saved much responsibility and odium in accepting or rejecting works of art. At the same time, if the director is a competent person, the committee may vote him sums of money to be spent at his discretion whenever occasion arises, as on a trip to Europe or New York.



MUSEUMS VISITED


ENGLAND
The dates are of the last visit.
Liverpool, 1913 Walker Art Gallery
Free Public Library and Museum
London, 1913 British Museum
British Museum New Wing
National Gallery
Victoria and Albert
National Portrait Gallery
Tate Gallery
Wallace Collection
Burlington House
Oxford, 1913 Ashmolean Museum
FRANCE
Chantilly, 1908 Chateau
Orleans, 1908 Musée
Paris, 1914 Louvre
1914 Luxembourg
1914 Trocadero
1913 Gobelins
1914 Cluny
1914 Petit Palais
1908 Musée d'Artillerie et de l'Armée
1914 Musée des Arts Decora tifs
1914 Musée Jacquemart-André
1914 Sèvres
1913 Musée Carnavalet
1913 Guimet
1908 Maison Victor Hugo
1914 St. Germain en Laye
1914 Maisons Lafitte
Rouen, 1908 Musèe bibliothéque
Tours, 1908 Musée
Versailles, 1913 Musée National
GERMANY
Aix la Chapelle, 1911 Suermondt Museum
Berlin, 1914 Kaiser Friedrich Museum
1912 Zeug Haus
1914 Kunstgewerbe Museum
1912 Ethnographical
1912 Museum of Costumes
1912 Märkisches
1914 Altes Museum
1914 Neues Museum
1912 Hohenzollern
1914 National Gallerie
Darmstadt, 1912 Art Museum
Kunstgewerbe
Dresden, 1912 Gemälde Gallerie
Zoological and Ethnographical Museum
Historical Museum
Grüne Gewölbe
Albertinum
Frankfurt a/M, 1912 Liebig Haus
Städel
Kunstgewerbe
Kunstverein
Historical
Goethehaus
Hamburg, 1914 Kunsthalle
Ethnographical
Kunstgewerbe
Historical
Leipzig, 1912 Kunstgewerbe
Kunsthalle
Munich, 1914 Neue Pinakothek
1914 Alte Pinakothek
1912 Schack Gallerie
1914 Glas Palast
1912 Glyptothek
1914 National Museum
Munich, 1914 Deutsches Museum
1912 Museum of Casts
Nuremberg, 1914 National Museum
Weimar, 1912 Kunstmuseum
Goethehaus
ITALY
Aquila, 1912 Palazzo Dragonetti
Palazzo Persichetti
Arezzo, 1914 Museum
Bari, 1912 Provincial Museum
Bergamo, 1912 Accademia Carrara
Bologna, 1912 Pinacoteca Accademia di Belle Arti
Museo Civico
Museo di San Petronio
Brescia, 1912 Roman Museum
Mediaeval Museum
Martinenghi Collection
Ferrara, 1912 Pinacoteca del Ateneo
Museo Palazzo Schifanoia
Florence, 1913 Archaeological Museum
Galleria degli Arazzi
Casa Buonarotti
Galleria Antica e Moderna
Galleria Corsini
Florence, 1913 Galleria Pitti
Galleria degli Uffizi
Museo di San Marco
Museo di Sta. Maria del Fiore
Museo Nazionale
Palazzo Vecchio
Lecce Pugliese, 1912 Museo Municipale
Mantua, 1912 Archaeological Museum
Milan, 1912 Brera
Ambrosiana
Poldi Pezzoli
Sforzesco
Museo Borromeo
Naples, 1912 National Museum
San Martino
Padua, 1912 Museo Antoniana
Museo Civico
Parma, 1912 Museo Reale d'Antichita
Reale Galleria
Accademia di Belle Arti
Perugia, 1914 Pinacoteca Vannucci
Pesaro, 1914 Museo Oliveriano
Piacenza, 1912 Museo Civico
Pisa, 1912 Museo Civico
Ravenna, 1912 Pinacoteca
Rimini, 1914 Picture Gallery
Rome, 1914 Vatican Picture Gallery, Sculpture Gallery, Egyptian Gallery
Conservatori
Campidoglio
Terme
Casino Borghese
Corsini Gallery
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Museo Artistico Industriale
Accademia di San Luca
Barberini Gallery
Rospigliosi-Pallavicini
Museo Barracco
Colonna Gallery
Doria-Pamphili Gallery
Spada Gallery
Museo Kircheriano
Lateran
Villa Papa Giulio
Villa Albani
San Sepolcro, 1914 Picture Gallery
Siena, 1912 Cathedral Museum
Accademia di Belle Arti
Sulmona, 1912 Museo Civico
Taranto, 1912 Museum
Turin, 1913 Accademia delle Scienze
Turin, 1913 Armeria Reale
Museo Civico
Urbino, 1914 Palazzo Ducale
Verona, 1912 Museo Civico
Venice, 1914 Museo Correr
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Accademia
Museo del Palazzo Ducale
Vicenza, 1912 Museo
Viterbo, 1912 Museo Municipale
DENMARK
Copenhagen, 1914 Danish Folks Museum
Art Museum
Glyptothek
Industrial Art Museum
National Museum
Thorvaldsen Museum
SWEDEN
Stockholm, 1914 National Museum
Northern Museum
Skansen
Malmo, 1914 Baltic Exposition, 1914
SWITZERLAND
Basle, 1912 Picture Gallery
Historical Museum
Zurich, 1912 Landesmuseum
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Cal.: Los Angeles, 1915 Southwest Museum
Science and Art Museum
Oakland, 1915 Public Museum
Piedmont Art Gallery
Palo Alto,1915 Leland Stanford Jr. Museum
San Francisco,1915 Academy of Sciences
Panama-Pacific Exhibition of Fine Arts
Memorial Museum
Institute of Art
Anthropological Museum
Mrs. A. B. Spreckles' Collection
Colo.: Denver, 1915 Colorado Museum of Natural History
Ill.: Chicago, 1916 Art Institute
Field Museum
Md.: Baltimore, 1916 Walters Gallery
Peabody Institute
Maryland Institute
Mass.: Boston, 1916 Museum of Fine Arts
Mass.: Boston, 1916. Children's Museum
Mrs. Gardner's Collection
Fitzgerald Gallery
Cambridge, 1916 Fogg Art Museum
Peabody Museum
Mass.: Salem, 1916 Essex Institute
Peabody Museum
Wellesley, 1916. Farnsworth Museum
Worcester, 1916 Art Museum
Minn.: Minneapolis, 1916. Walker Art Gallery
Institute of Arts
Academy of Sciences
N. J.: Newark, 1914 Museum
N. Y.: Brooklyn, 1915 Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Children's Museum
Buffalo, 1915 Albright Art Gallery
Historical Museum
N. Y. City, 1916. Metropolitan Museum
Hispanic Museum
Public Library
G. C. Barnard Cloisters
Cooper Union
Rochester, 1915 Memorial Art Gallery
Ohio: Cleveland, 1915 Art Museum
Toledo, 1915 Museum of Art
Penn.: Philadelphia, 1916. Pennsylvania Academy
Pennsylvania Museum
The Philadelphia Museums
The Johnson Collection
The Widener Collection
The Elkins Collection
The University Museum
Pittsburgh, 1915 Carnegie Institute
R. I.: Providence, 1916. Rhode Island School of Design
Annmary Brown Memorial Museum
Utah: Salt Lake City, 1915. Deseret Museum
Wis.: Milwaukee, 1915. Public Museum Art Society
D. C: Washington, 1916. Corcoran Gallery
Pan-American
U. S. National Museum
Smithsonian