Scope and Contents Note From the Record Group: Records generated by the Director's Office of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts (now the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) during the tenure of Laurence Sickman (1953-1977), the second director of the museum. The materials primarily include correspondence with trustees, donors, art dealers, members of the public, and other museum professionals relating to museum administration, activities, collections, community relations, exhibitions, and acquisitions,...

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This series consists of articles, theses and correspondence from students and Asian scholars as well as photographs, negatives and glass plate negatives relating to his research. It also contains research notes, documents relating to his membership in various professional organizations, grade reports and fellowship applications, and teaching materials. Also of note are his original manuscript and the galley proofs for The Art and Architecture of China.

Scope and Contents Note From the Record Group: Records generated by the Director's Office of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts (now the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) during the tenure of Laurence Sickman (1953-1977), the second director of the museum. The materials primarily include correspondence with trustees, donors, art dealers, members of the public, and other museum professionals relating to museum administration, activities, collections, community relations, exhibitions, and acquisitions,...

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Photographs that document people, events, the building, the grounds, exhibitions or other activities related to the Museum.

Scope and Contents Note From the Series:

Photographs that document people, events, the building, the grounds, exhibitions or other activities related to the Museum.

Scope and Contents Note From the Series:

This series consists of articles, theses and correspondence from students and Asian scholars as well as photographs, negatives and glass plate negatives relating to his research. It also contains research notes, documents relating to his membership in various professional organizations, grade reports and fellowship applications, and teaching materials. Also of note are his original manuscript and the galley proofs for The Art and Architecture of China.

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This series contains correspondence, notes, account books, letters of introduction and other material relating to his professional life as curator, vice-director, director and director emeritus.

Scope and Content Note From the Record Group: The records of the William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 1933-1989, relate to its oversight of operations of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and, to an even greater extent, the management of the real estate properties and Sni-A-Bar Farm that were originally part of William Rockhill Nelson’s estate and additional properties purchased by the trust as investments. Includes correspondence with art advisors Langdon Warner and Harold Woodbury Parsons; museum staff Director Paul Gardner,...