Administrative Records

The records in this series document Sherman Lee's interactions with museum departments and the board of trustees. The series includes internal communication about museum events, the gallery renovation project of the 1970s, and the museum's gala celebrations. It provides documentation on the museum's organizational structure and its internal transactions. The series is organized into five subseries: Advisory Council and Board of Trustees, Appointment Books and Calendars, Departmental Files, Entertainment, Gallery Renovation, and Interdepartmental Files. The first subseries contains the director's office working papers and annotated agendas for trustees and the advisory council meetings as well as records relating to some of the committees of the board of trustees. The second subseries contains daily appointment books and monthly calendars maintained by the director's office. The third subseries, the largest of the five, contains the director's office written communication with museum departments. The forth contains information about entertainment and celebrations planned at the museum, specifically for the museum's 50th anniversary and for the opening of the 1971 addition. The fifth subseries contains records relating to the five-step gallery reorganization project of the 1970s. The sixth subseries has records on interdepartmental issues, such as stolen artwork and the curator's meetings. More detailed information about each subseries is available preceding the box list for each subseries.