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Record Group
Identifier: RG-03
Scope and Contents Note
The European Art Department Records contain correspondence, memos, exhibition and object research files, and dealer related materials, primarily from the tenures of Patrick J. Kelleher, Ted Coe, Roger Ward, and Ian Kennedy. Exhibitions heavily represented in the records include Impressionism: Selections from Five American Museums (1990), Durer to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection (1998), ...
Dates:
1903-2009; Majority of material found within 1954-2009
Record Group
Identifier: RG-04
Scope and Contents Note
The Department of Decorative Arts Records contain materials which document the department's activities revolving around acquisitions, object research, and exhibitions. The bulk of these materials are dated between 1983-2015 and include both internal and dealer correspondence, financial reports, special event and exhibition files, grants, dealer files, deaccession records, and travel records. Especially prevelant are the records of department curators Christina Nelson and Catherine Futter and...
Dates:
1800-2015 ; Majority of material found within 1983-2015
Record Group
Identifier: RG-05
Collection Description
The records contain correspondence, memos, financial records, presentations, and dealer, exhibition, grants, catalog, and research files, departmental planning and reporting, and other miscellaneous materials which document the activities of the department, primarily from the tenures of Deborah Emont Scott, Jan Schall, and Leesa Fanning. The following exhibitions are heavily represented in the records: Ken Ferguson, Joel...
Dates:
1971-2005
Record Group
Identifier: RG-06
Scope and Contents Note
The Department of Prints and Drawings Records contain materials which heavily document the department's exhibitions, including Repeated Exposure: Photographic Imagery and the Print Media (1982) and Art By Chance: Fortuitous Impressions (1989), as well as materials related to department curator George McKenna's association with the Print Society organization. Also included are materials related to art dealers, gifts, loans,...
Dates:
1981-2016
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07
Scope and Contents Note
These records contain materials such as correspondence, memos, research files, dealer records, and financial records as well as materials which document the planning of exhibitions and their related catalogs. A large part of the collection documents the Marsden Hartley, George Catlin, and Bingham to Benton exhibitions with the bulk of the collection falling between 1981-2009.
Dates:
1907-2009; Majority of material found within 1981-2009
Record Group
Identifier: RG-08
Scope and Contents Note
The earliest materials in these files date from the department’s creation as a separate department distinct from the Department of Asian Art in 1981 and document the tenures of Dorothy Fickle, Ph.D, and Dorothy Srinivasan, Ph.D. The record group includes general administrative documents, correspondence, notes on collection and object research, departmental acquisitions, as well as staff lectures and trips. The records also heavily document events such as the American Council for Southern...
Dates:
1981-2004
Record Group
Identifier: RG-09
Scope and Contents Note
The Ancient Art Department Records, the bulk of which are dated between 1986-2012, contain correspondence, object and loan research (specifically around the Kempe collection and the loan of the mummy, "Kharushere," from the Metropolitan Museum of Art), exhibition planning and publicity, dealer-related materials, and deaccession files. Most records are from the tenure of Curator Dr. Robort Cohon. Exhibitions represented within the collection are Discovery...
Dates:
1973-2015; Majority of material found within 1986-2012
Record Group
Identifier: RG-10
Abstract
The Department of African Art records contain correspondence, reports, exhibit and reinstallation planning, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous material. These records document the activities of the department from 1999-2018, both during and after its division from the Department of African, Oceanic, and the Americas (AOA) in the early 2000s with the departure of curator, David Binkely.
Dates:
1999-2018
Record Group
Identifier: RG-11
Abstract
The Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Records contain correspondence, reports, program/exhibit materials, object photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous materials. The bulk of these records document the activities of the department from 1984 to 2001, before its division into the Department of African Arts and the Department of Native American Arts in the early 2000s with the departure of longtime curator, David Binkely.
Dates:
1965, 1974-2001; Majority of material found within 1984-2001
Record Group
Identifier: RG-13
