Papers, 1923-1954, 1949-1954 (bulk dates).

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...

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur museum

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Downs, Joseph.

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Joseph Downs was a recognized authority on American decorative arts. Following his graduation from the Boston Museum School in 1921, he served successively as staff member at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, as curator of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as curator of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and finally as first curator of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. He came to Winterthur in January 1949 and worked there until his death on September 8, ...