ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents Correspondence consists of master copies of letters sent and received by all members of the Curatorial Department. Internal files relate to general departmental concerns. Includes: correspondence with dealers, institutions, individuals; departmental memoranda; Collections Committee minutes; curatorial retreats and planning meetings; study society events; research material; exhibition meetings; loans project files; Acquisitions Committee correspondence; annual reports; budgets; exhibition...

Scope and Contents Files concerning the operation of the Department of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art, primarily those of the adminstrative head of the Curatorial Department, Michael Shapiro. Includes files of four assistants. Records of this office deal with two study societies, with artists, internal administrative functions of the department, west wing reinstallation and opening, departmental travel, acquisitions, deaccession considerations, conservation priorities, budget and grant information....

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These files contain documentation on contributions to the museum. Includes names of individuals, companies, foundations, corporations. Donor files may include solicitations, acknowledgments, and personal correspondence with donors/members of $1,500 and above; personal correspondence, photos, stewardship, recognition, gift agreement forms, Corporate Partnership Program files, Gala, Sponsorship, and Grant giving histories; proposals, award/decline letters, final reports.

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Files concerning the planning of museum programs, dinners, seminars, festivals, benefits, tours; and programs relating to special exhibitions.

Gala information is filed in Friends records.

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These are general administrative files reflecting the operation and management of the Development Office. Includes: fundraising issues, west wing capital campaign, corporate partnership program, AAM accreditation, donor tracking, annual appeal, matching gifts, Beaux Arts Council, development committee, endowment council.

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Records of applications for grants to provide financial assistance for museum programs, pubications, collections maintenance, exhibitions, conservation,etc. Represented are grants awarded by agencies such as: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Missouri Arts Council, Institue of Museum Services, and other foundations and companies.

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Collection consists of reference materials and correspondence from other institutions and organizations at the local, regional and national level. Provides background information on fundraising resources, activities, programs and levels of contribution at other museums.

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Files concerning the campaign to raise funds for the renovation of the museum building. Includes: research, identification of donor prospects, solicitation of funds, phases of building fund campaign, east and west wing pledges.