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The IMA Alliance Records document the philanthropic efforts of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art over the course of more than 50 years, through multiple retail initiatives, events like the Fine Arts Ball, and other activities. As a collection of original records produced by the Alliance, it chronicles the history and inner-workings of one of the most prolific fundraising groups in the United States. The collection has been organized into eight series described below.

The Kurt F. Pantzer Collecting Papers document the fine art and book collecting of the Indianapolis businessman and civic leader who was known for having the largest collection in America of artworks by British artist Joseph William Mallard (J.M.W.) Turner (1775-1851). The archival collection was given to the Curatorial Department of the Indianapolis Museum of Art with Pantzer's art collection in the 1970s and was transferred to the archives in October of 2014.