Administrative records: directors' records, 1940-1983.

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Administrative records: directors' records, 1940-1983.

Correspondence of first director, Juliana Force, composed of museum, personal, and outside activity papers, including letters relating to the coalition with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and papers concerning her death and biography, 1940-1949. Correspondence of Lloyd Goodrich (1897-1987) including some correspondence concerning his research, 1950-1976. Curatorial, executive, and administrative files of John I.H. Baur, 1952-1975, as well as his exhibition records, 1970-1972. General correspondence and exhibition records of Thomas N. Armstrong, III, 1968-1983.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Armstrong, Thomas Newton, 1932-

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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...

Force, Juliana, 1888-1948.

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Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987

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Art historian; biographer of Thomas Eakins. From the description of Letters : Little Compton, R.I., and New York, to Seymour Adelman, 1971 Oct. 8, 1975 Apr. 12, and 1981 Feb. 15. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28406825 Museum officer, art historian. From the description of Reminiscences of Lloyd Goodrich : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419785 Museum director, art historian. ...

Baur, John I. H. (John Ireland Howe), 1909-1987

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Museum curator; New York, N.Y. From the description of John I. H. Baur interviews, 1970 Jan. 22-Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178585 John I.H. Baur (1909-1987) was a museum curator from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with John I.H. Baur, 1970 Jan. 22-Feb. 19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595042 Museum curator, museum director, and writer; New York, N.Y. Curator Br...