Brooklyn Children's Museum

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Correspondence regarding proposed new Children's Museum. Proposal.

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Correspondence regarding proposed new museum.

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Correspondence. Program brochures.

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Correspondence regarding building plans; appointment of new Curator-in-Chief, Margaret Tullock; funds, including contributions from Auxiliary; annual attendance statistics; budget; staff; loans; publications; temporary closure of the Children's Museum due to cold weather and coal shortage; theft report. Correspondence with the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, the Montclair Art Museum regarding Curator-in-Chief position and recommendations.

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Principal respondent: Tullock, Margaret D. Correspondence regarding disposal of Natural History materials; Auxiliary activities. Minutes, Administrative Committee.

Scope and Contents Brooklyn Expedition was a collaborative and joint venture from the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, and the Brooklyn Public Library. All 3 institutions worked together to create a children's website that could be viewed in the Brooklyn Museum's Learning Center, or at school, or in the viewer's home. These folders contain strategic planning, meeting minutes, drafts of text, correspondence, and reports. The Brooklyn Museum's website was launched in 1996, so this is a...

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Principal respondent: Garrison, Jane (Mrs. William L.) Correspondence regarding staff; activities; attendance; search for new Curator-in-Chief; Garrison resignation. Minutes, Administrative Committee.

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Principal respondent: Garrison, Jane (Mrs. William L.) Correspondence regarding funds; operations. Minutes of special meeting to discuss finances and relationship of Auxiliary. Annual Report (draft), 1938.

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Principal respondent: Garrison, Jane (Mrs. William L.) Correspondence regarding museum operations. Attendance figures. Accessions lists. World's Fair (1940) exhibit outline. Outline for 18 month report. Correspondence regarding use of Parks Department garage. Extracts from minutes regarding establishment; administrative committee, list of members. Correspondence regarding damages to World's Fair exhibits; 40th anniversary celebration. Report on American Library Association annual meeting.

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Principal respondent: Garrison, Jane (Mrs. William L.) Correspondence regarding museum operations; requisitions. Report on status of house cat as predator; Program, Children's Museum and the Community Conference.