Public Information records, 1929-1997.

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Public Information records, 1929-1997.

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Series I of the Public Information Records consist of 212 scrapbooks of thousands of newspaper and magazine clippings concerning The Museum of Modern Art from its opening in 1929 through the mid 1970s. Included are accounts of exhibitions shown at the Museum and circulated elsewhere; reviews of books and exhibition catalogs written by staff members; Museum programs, personnel, policy, and department changes; building renovations and expansions; parties and benefits; fund-raising campaigns; anniversaries; lectures, concerts, and symposia; film series; visits by dignitaries; and trustee appointments. Series II consists mainly of newspaper and magazine clippings that document miscellaneous events at the Museum from 1929 to the mid-1960s, and thereafter nearly every exhibition and event. The series also contains departmental administrative records, including correspondence, invitations, press kits, posters, photographs, slides, publicity reports, and exhibition checklists, proposals, catalogs, schedules, and wall texts.

114.25 linear feet (212 scrapbooks, 44 microfilm reels)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Public Information

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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Communications.

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The records were compiled by what is now known as the Department of Communications. It was originally the Department of Publicity from 1933 until the 1960s, and later known as the Department of Public Information (PI), from the 1960s through 1994. From the description of Public Information records, 1929-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86100643 ...

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Publicity

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