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;...

Scope and Contents The Morton D. May Papers pertain to all aspects of Mr. May's collection of art. Correspondence files consist of letters, invoices, and receipts between Mr. May and artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and universities. The correspondence documents his purchases and exchanges of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and objects in the following areas: art of the Americas; Oceanic art; African art; contemporary American art; German art, particularly the work of Max Beckmann. There are also...