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Records. 1926-2001 (inclusive).

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The Records of the Department of the Arts of Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas document the administrative and curatorial activities of the department beginning at the end of the tenure of the first curator of Ethnology Stewart Culin in 1929 and continuing until 2001. (Culin Archival Collection serves as the departmental record for the years 1903 to 1929.) The records document the work of the various curators, the expansion of the department, and the development of its collections throughout the 20th century. These records relate day-to-day administrative responsibilities in addition to the scholarly activities of the curators, such as publishing, lecturing, and teaching classes.

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