Oral history, 1991.

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Oral history, 1991.

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Moeller recounts the activities of The Museum of Modern Art during World War II, the association between the Museum, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Washington, D.C.), and in the process, provides a vivid description of New York during. the War. She explains how the Museum Library functioned under the direction of Bernard Karpel in the 1940's and 1950's and offers reminiscences of Film Librarian Iris Barry, Karpel, and the staff fine-arts photographer Soichi Sunami. Moeller discusses the need for, and subsequent establishment of, a department of photographic rights and reproductions, and the changing function of that department during her tenure as its director. Other topics include the Museum fire of 1958 and its aftermath; the death of Rene d'Harnoncourt and the memorial service held in Cutchoque, New York, in 1968; and Special Collections acquisitions.

1 transcript. (194 p.)4 sound cassettes.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y., Library

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Collecting area: Material relating to the history of the Museum of Modern Art, and to modern art and artists from 1880 to the present. The Museum of Modern Art was founded in 1929. Its interpretation of art is very broad, encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, photography, film, architecture, and design from the late 19th century on. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155499724 ...

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Moeller, Pearl L., 1915-

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Secretary, Film Library, 1941-44; Assistant, Museum Library, 1944-59; Director, Rights and Reproductions, 1959-69; Special Collections Librarian, 1969-81. From the description of Oral history, 1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122531439 ...

Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

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D'Harnoncourt, ReneĢ, 1901-1968

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Director of the Museum of Modern Art, 1949-1968. From the description of Rene d'Harnoncourt papers, 1924-1983, 1940-1968 (bulk). (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122530614 Museum director and authority on American Indian and Mexican arts and crafts. Born 1901 in Vienna, Austria; died 1968 in Long Island, New York. D'Harnoncourt lived in Mexico from 1925 to 1933 and worked as an artist before joining a Mexico City antiques firm in 1927. He compiled and lectu...