Jane Rosenthal collection, 1938-1968.

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Jane Rosenthal collection, 1938-1968.

The collection consists entirely of a scrapbook entitled "My Book: Gallery Activities & Associates" that was apparently kept by Ms. Rosenthal between 1938 and 1968. However, the bulk of the material appears to be letters and v-mail from Paul Gardner during his military service in World War II.

1 scrapbook.

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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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...

Rosenthal, Jane E.

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According to the Museum's annual report for 1938, "Miss Jane Rosenthal, who has been a volunteer worker for a long period, was added to the division of junior education. She has also been placed in charge of labels, catalogue material, and a number of other duties pertaining to the running of the Gallery itself." The report for 1939 mentions that she was also in charge of Sunday musical programs and conducted adult guide services. The report for 1943 indicates that Miss Rosenthal was in charge o...

Gardner, Paul, 1895-

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Joseph Paul Gardner was born October 20, 1894, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Alexander Gardner and Emma Blanch Crowell. He majored in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but left in 1917 to join the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corp. He served in France during World War I, attained the rank of Captain and was awarded the Croix De Guerre with Palm at age 21. At the end of the war, he traveled Europe studying architecture. The summers between 1920 and 1930 were spent in E...