Scope and Content Note
This collection houses organizational and descriptive documents, ephemera, photographs, and digital items documenting the professional association serving museum, collection, and gallery employees and affiliates operating in Arizona's central region. Central Arizona communities from the metropolitan Phoenix area include Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Cave Creek, Chandler, Deer Valley, Fountain Hills, Gilbert, Glendale, Maricopa, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Tempe, Scottsdale, Surprise, and Wickenburg. Among the special events and professional development opportunities included are International Museum Day, International Museum Month, workshops, conferences, festivals, and other professional development offerings. The records date from the 1980s to 2015.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-2015
Creator
- Central Arizona Museum Association (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Tuesday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
Historical Note
The Central Arizona Museum Association (CAMA) is a regional organization dedicated to fostering collaboration among museum professionals, encouraging professional development, improving professional practices, and promoting the value of member museums to the greater community.
Full extent
8 Box(es)
Full extent
10 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses organizational and descriptive documents, ephemera, photographs, and digital items documenting the professional association serving museum, collection, and gallery employees and affiliates operating in Arizona's central region. Central Arizona communities from the metropolitan Phoenix area include Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Cave Creek, Chandler, Deer Valley, Fountain Hills, Gilbert, Glendale, Maricopa, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Tempe, Scottsdale, Surprise, and Wickenburg. The records date from the 1980s to 2015.
Arrangement
This collection consists of eight boxes divided into seven series:
- Series I: Administration
- Series II: Membership Services
- Series III: Special Events
- Series IV: Promotional Materials
- Series V: DVDs
- Series VI: Oversized
Provenance
The Central Arizona Museum Association Records were donated to the Arizona Collection in 2014 by CAMA's then President Vicki Berger, then appointed Program Director Rebecca Akins, and then Marketing Director Nancy Cutler (Accession #2014-04796).
- Title
- Central Arizona Museum Association Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Karrie Porter-Brace in June of 2015.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu