Research and writings, 1933-1989

This series consists largely of correspondence relating to articles and publications produced by the department's curators. Included, as well, are copies of articles, typescripts, and research notes.

The series also contains extensive files on two large research and publication projects. In the late 1960s the department undertook a research project cataloging Latin American colonial art in the Brooklyn Museum collection with support from the New York State Council on the Arts. In 1987 assistant curator Ann Dumas initiated a book project concerning Edgar Degas's painting Mlle. Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source," in connection with a major Degas exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.