Museum of Art (University of Michigan) records, 1946-2003.

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Museum of Art (University of Michigan) records, 1946-2003.

The record group documents the museum's exhibitions and installations of the permanent collection and complementary interpretive programming. Records include exhibition files; executive committee minutes; correspondence of Directors Jean Paul Slusser, Charles Sawyer, Bret Waller, Evan M. Maurer and William Hennessey; photographs; publicity files; and material related to the Museum Practice Program.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8334474

Bentley Historical Library

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Maurer, Evan M. 1944-

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WALLER, BRET

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University of Michigan. Museum of Art.

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The University of Michigan Museum of Art serves as a research and teaching facility for the university and surrounding communities. Systematic collecting of works of art began in 1855 at the University, and the Museum of Art, established as a separate unit in 1946, has continued to acquire pieces for its collection and develop special exhibitions and programming. From the description of Museum of Art (University of Michigan) records, 1946-2003. (University of...

Hennessey, William J.

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Sawyer, Charles Henry, 1906-

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Director, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1956-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958497 Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, professor of art and art history. From the description of Charles Henry Sawyer papers, 1936-1996. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79296005 From the description of Charles Henry Sawyer papers, 1930-1996. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778403 ...

Slusser, Jean Paul, 1886-

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Jean Paul Slusser was born December 15, 1886 in Wauseon, Ohio. He received his A.B. degree from the University of Michigan in 1909 and his A.M. in 1911. He also studied at the University of Munich (1909-1910), the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston (1913-1915), the Art Students League of New York (summers 1914-1917), and the Hans Hofmann Schule in Munich (1924-1925). Slusser taught drawing, painting, and architecture during summers at the University of Michigan (1921, ...

University of Michigan. Museum practice program

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