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The Curator of Exhibitions Records consist of correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous material and are dated 1967 to 1972.

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These records are the exhibition and subject files of Ross E. Taggart as Senior Curator, 1953-1983. They contain applications, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, inventories, invitations, lecture notes, lists, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, orders, outlines, pamphlets, photo negatives, photo prints, postcards, reprints, resumes, schedules, and related ephemera.

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The records of the Assistant Director are dated 1948 to 1983 and consist primarily of correspondence, photographs, grant applications, loan forms, journal articles, exhibition catalogs, reports, and other miscellaneous materials.

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This collection is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper clippings from Erbes’s tenure as the Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and as co-author of the Museum history, High Ideals and Aspirations.

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These files are comprised of records and correspondence generated by the Director's Office of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (formerly called The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) during the tenure of Paul Gardner (1932-53), the first Director of the Museum. The Director's Office was occupied by Ethylne Jackson who was Acting Director from November 1942 until January 1946 while Gardner served in the American Armed Forces during World War II.

Abstract These files are comprised of records and correspondence generated by the Director's Office of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (formerly called The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) during the tenure of Laurence Sickman (1953-1977), the second Director of the Museum. Also found intermittently are records reflecting his tenures as Curator of Oriental Art (later the Department of Asian Art) between 1935-1978, Assistant Director between 1946-1953, and...

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The records of Ralph T. Coe maintained during his tenure as Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from 1977 to 1982. The collection consists primarily of letters, memos, meeting minutes, reports, and other miscellaneous material.

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The records of Marc Wilson maintained during his tenure as Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from 1982 to 2010. The collection is primarily comprised of letters, memos, meeting minutes, reports, and other miscellaneous material.

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These records primarily consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, labels, catalog files, recordings of presentations at the accompanying symposium, and other miscellaneous materials related to the exhibition.

Abstract Comprised of correspondence, original manuscript and exhibition publication, essays, catalogues, programs, newspaper articles, invoices, receipts, drawings and photographs documenting the coordination and installation of The Magic Theater. The exhibition, a collection of eight avant-garde artists whose expression of art represented the contemporaneous movement toward breaking out of the stereo-typical art boundaries of canvas and traditional styles of...