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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1824

Places

Found in 174 Collections and/or Records:

Governing Committee: correspondence. [C.05], 1971-07 - 1972-06

 File
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding proposed Junior Council; Association of Art Museum Directors Professional Practices policy; Study Tour; proposed Chairman's Advisory Committee; relations with Parks Department; Museum Ball; proposed restructuring of Governing Committee; relations with Institute; nominations; proposed Board Room.

Dates: 1971-07 - 1972-06

Labor, 1946-04 - 1946-08

 File
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, including inquiries regarding labor practices at other museums; organizing at Metropolitan Museum (CIO); Museum staff requests; Parks Department policy. Copy of 1897 contract, BIAS and City of Brooklyn. Reports: Interstate and Intrastate Activities; Brooklyn Museum, National Labor Relations Act; Museum (Central and Children's)'s attendance statistics 1942-1946.

Dates: 1946-04 - 1946-08

Wallace Goold Levinson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: S-12
Abstract

The Wallace Goold Levinson Collection is comprised of a typewritten and handwritten manuscript detailing the history of the Brooklyn Institute and related research materials. Wallace Goold Levinson compiled and wrote the history between 18994 and 1922, though the manuscript appears to have been written in 1919. Additionally, there is a small amount of research material and biographical material on Wallace Goold Levinson.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1894-1922; 1865-1937

Museums: Children's Museum, 1942 - 1943

 File
Scope and Contents

Principal respondent: Garrison, Jane (Mrs. William L.) Correspondence regarding operations; personnel; coverage in Institute Bulletin; funding. Recommendations for School-Museum Workshop. Attendance statistics.

Dates: 1942 - 1943