ArchivesSpace Public Interface

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Records concerning the Pre-Columbian, Oceanic, and African collections and operations of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (formerly Primitive Art Department).

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Correspondence and other material documenting the activities of the Department of Asian Art (formerly Oriental Art). Includes: general correspondence; correspondence with dealers and institutions; activities as design coordinator; grants and endowments; research on the collection; annotated catalogues.

Scope and Contents Records concerning the operation of the office of Decorative Arts, which began to emerge as a distinct section of the Curatorial Department in 1969-1970, and the care and installation of the period rooms and the decorative arts collections. Includes: correspondence; research on the collection; acquisition considerations; background for bulletin articles; conservation issues; activities of the Decorative Arts Society; files on reinstallation of the period rooms; grant information;...

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Records cover all aspects of planning for exhibitions held at the museum. Includes information on lenders, installation plans, other venues, programs, previews, indemnification, budget, sponsorship, labels and wall text, shipping, publicity, research, checklists, catalogue, etc.

Scope and Contents Records reflecting the early operation of the Curatorial Department at the time that this office was under the administration of a single curator. Includes: memoranda and reports, 1899-1964; conservation correspondence, 1938-1964; general correspondence, 1936-1964; miscellaneous material (gifts and purchases, x-ray records, budgets, loans), 1936-1964.Most of these records are from the curatorial administration of Thomas T. Hoopes. During this time the museum did not have a...