Administrative records: administration, 1931-1981.

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Administrative records: administration, 1931-1981.

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Files pertaining to the general administration of the Whitney Museum including departmental activity reports, directors' reports, and attendance summaries, 1931-1954. General memoranda and policy statements, 1936-1938; and permanent collection list, 1931-1934. General administrative correspondence, 1931-1980, including letters pertaining to opening of museum in 1931, the museum's various departments, exhibitions, and special projects and issues; and information files about museum procedures, and programs, and technical and legal topics. Also, correspondence concerning storage of art during World War II; the Russian War Relief Committee, 1941-1945; correspondence of Hermon More, curator and director, and Margaret McKellar, executive secretary, 1940-1960; and correspondence regarding acquisitions, 1950-1954.

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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American art museum; New York, N.Y. Founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and formally opened in 1931. Previous to its opening as a museum it was known as the Whitney Studio Club (1914-28) and Whitney Studio Galleries (1928-30). From the description of Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records, 1914-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133455 The Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art is an upper level membershi...

McKellar, Margaret Maud, -1963

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More, Hermon.

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