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Oral history, 1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78205780

Ms. Bragazzi discusses her long history with the Museum, beginning with her initial employment, shortly after World War II, as an assistant to Alfred H. Barr, Jr. A detailed description of the Museum's ambience in the 1950s is included. Bragazzi recalls the 1958 fire and remembers various Museum personalities such as Monroe Wheeler, William S. Lieberman and Dorothy Dudley, under whom she trained.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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