Box RG02.08

This sub-series contains books and notes about the museum’s Asian art collection, photographs of the Department of Asian Art offices and museum exhibitions, information regarding acquisitions, the daily activities of the department during the 1940s and the 1950s, and the building of the Chinese furniture and decorative arts gallery.

This sub-series contains books and notes about the museum’s Asian art collection, photographs of the Department of Asian Art offices and museum exhibitions, information regarding acquisitions, the daily activities of the department during the 1940s and the 1950s, and the building of the Chinese furniture and decorative arts gallery.

This sub-series contains books and notes about the museum’s Asian art collection, photographs of the Department of Asian Art offices and museum exhibitions, information regarding acquisitions, the daily activities of the department during the 1940s and the 1950s, and the building of the Chinese furniture and decorative arts gallery.

This sub-series consists of correspondence, exhibition checklists, loan forms, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous materials. The exhibitions were either organized by the museum, or Sickman assisted with their organization and lent museum objects to the shows.

This sub-series contains letters to and from Laurence Sickman related to art purchases and gifts, exhibitions, requests for Sickman to lecture or teach a class, and individuals seeking information about their Asian art objects.