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The Archives holds correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports and other materials related to the history of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the William Rockhill Nelson Trust, and the Nelson Gallery Foundation. Also held are the manuscript collections of individuals associated with the Museum, such as Paul Gardner (1895-1972), first director of the Museum, and Laurence Sickman (1906-1988), first curator of Oriental art and second director of the Museum.

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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There was only one individual to hold an exhibition design related curatorship at the Museum. This was D. Craig Craven. Craven joined the Museum staff in March 1964 as the exhibitions designer. The following year the position title was changed to assistant curator of exhibitions. In 1970 Craven was promoted to curator of exhibitions. He left the Museum in 1973, after a short stint as the adjunct curator of exhibitions. From the description of Curator of Exhibitions records, 1967-1972...

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Archives.

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