Records Departmental administration 1929-2000 (inclusive).

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Records Departmental administration 1929-2000 (inclusive).

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Departmental administration records document administrative functions of the department, including collections management, fundraising, and special projects. Of interest are department meeting notes and a five-year plan written in 1973. The series also includes bequest files and other object-related files that contain more general, administrative information about object transactions than is found in the objects series.

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