Preserving the past
At the Burchfield Penney, there are extensive archives on the following arts organizations - some of which are, unfortunately, no longer in existence:
- The Buffalo Society of Artists (records, financial, exhibitions, and membership dating back to 1891)
- The Patteran Society
- The Oakland Women’s group
- ArtPark
- The Art Institute of Buffalo
- The Artists Committee
Additional archival materials include:
- Over 1,050 catalogues of individual artists' work
- 1,120 catalogues of arts organizations and their collections
- 3,400 slides of non-collection Western New York artists' work
- 14,960 slides of installations from over 40 years of exhibitions
- The Charles Rand Penney collection of 1,240 catalogues of exhibitions at both commercial and public galleries relating to Charles Burchfield
- Over 620 files on arts organizations
- Over 4,000 files representing exhibitions held at the Burchfield Penney including ownership and images
