3/3.3. Director's Office
Record Group Term
Identifier: 3/3.3
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Frederic Allen Whiting records
Collection
Identifier: 1111.071
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, the records constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1916-1930; 1904-1936
Records of the Director's Office: Sherman E. Lee, 1958-1983
Collection
Identifier: 1111.002
Scope and Contents note
The records of Sherman Lee document his tenure as director from 1958 to1983. Because he was also chief curator of Oriental art during his directorship, these records document many of the activities in the Oriental art department, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s. During Lee's administration the museum grew in size and complexity, so the director's office records do not document all of the museum's activities as they did in previous administrations, but still serve as the central point...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1958-1983; 1952-1983
Sherman Emery and Ruth Ward Lee family papers
Collection
Identifier: 1111.142
Scope and Contents note
The personal papers of Ruth and Sherman Lee are a donation from the Lee family. They document the history of both the Lee and Ward families in addition to the relationship between Ruth Ward and Sherman Lee.The collection is organized into six series. Series One, correspondence, is arranged by general and family correspondence. General correspondence is organized alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically thereunder.This small subseries includes letters that document the...
Dates:
1860s - 2013
William Mathewson Milliken records
Collection
Identifier: 1111.072
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, they constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1930-1958; 1919-1974