The series documents exhibitions and related events held between 1961 and 1983. The files may include correspondence with lenders, artists, inviited guests, galleries, museums, and scholars. Files may contain records for events including openings and dinners such as invitations and responses, guest lists, dinner table organization lists, and receipts. Exhibition records include checklists, publicity clippings and magazine articles, loan requests and loan forms, draft catalogue entires, and shipping records. Non-RISD catalogues may be found in the files. See series V for a list of these catalogues.