Dwyer, Jane Powell, 1930-1983
Dates
- Existence: 1930 - 1983
Parallel Names
- Powell, Jane
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Departments: Primitive Art [01], 1966-10 - 1969-07
Principal respondent: Easby, Elizabeth. Letter of resignation, Jane P. Rosenthal. Correspondence and memos regarding publication of Culin journals; appointment of Michael Kan; installation of Oceanic Gallery; staff.
Departments: Primitive Arts, 1961-09 - 1962-06
Principal respondent: Rosenthal, Jane P. Essay on Sun God and King. Correspondence and memos regarding gallery renovations; planned publications; Peruvian Gold exhibition; exchange with J. Wise (cancelled); proposed exhibition exchange with Argentina; sale of objects through Gallery Shop.
Director [07], 1958-1960
Correspondence with Director's Office regarding purchases; gifts; loans; exchange with National Anthropology Museum, Mexico; catalog for Pre-Columbian exhibition; Solomon Islands shield; Mexican Pavilion, Brussels World Fair (1958). Includes report on Latin American trip by Jane Rosenthal; list of items to be sold in Museum shop; paper on legal documentation for gifts.
Director [08], 1961-1962
Correspondence with Director's Office regarding purchases; gifts; loans; proposed exchanges; time schedule for installation of Plains, Woodland, and Northwest Coast Indian Gallery. Includes list of material to be sold in Museum shop.
Donors, 1963-1968
Correspondence regarding appraisal of beadwork owned by Jerome Blum. Acknowledgement of gifts received from Annette Freund; S. L. Garrison; Amelia Hollenback; John J. Klejman; Edward Merrin; Lisa Oscar.
Exchanges: National Museum of Mexico [01], 1959 - 1964
Correspondence with National Museum of Mexico regarding exchanges. Excerpt from Governing Committee minutes.
Exchanges: National Museum of Mexico [03], 1959 - 1964
Object lists; condition notes; memos.
Exhibitions: proposed [02], Cyrus T. Brady, Jr., photographs, 1958-1961
Correspondence with Brady regarding proposed exhibitions, including exhibition of Eastern Island photographs; Icelandic Culture; "Men of One Mind." Includes reprint of Brady essay: "The Designing of Purposeful Photographic Shows"; correspondence regarding exhibition "Bury the Dead" at Brooklyn Museum; and proposed Ethiopian Art exhibit. Photographs.
Exhibitions: proposed [03], Brazilian folk art, 1960-1961
Correspondence with Brazilian Embassy and Head of Cultural Division, Rio de Janeiro regarding possibility of Brazilian Folk Art Exhibit at Brooklyn Museum. Includes notes from Amazon exhibition in Munich, 1960.
General correspondence [01]: A, 1963-1968
Correspondence with Pierpont Morgan Library regarding painted elk hide robe. Includes requests for permission to photograph and for publications; inquiries.