Chief Curator records
Scope and Contents
The Chief Curator records consist of the files and records documenting the activities of the Chief Curators of the Brooklyn Museum between 1969 and 2002. These Chief Curators include Ferber, Kan, Johnson, Miller, Sobas, Stayton, and Wilkinson. The departmental materials contain correspondence and general or interoffice records relating to exhibition planning, objects, gifts, purchases, deaccessions, photographs, surveys, reviews, loan requests, grants, bequests, and collections policies, as well as curatorial administration files and Board, Trustee, and governance meetings files, budgets, and memoranda.
Chief curator files are restricted for 25 years from creation.
Dates
- 1969-2002
Conditions Governing Access
Chief curator files are restricted for 25 years from creation.
Extent
41.75 Linear Feet (19 document boxes; 1 document box half; 30 record cartons; 1 PBS; 1 PBM; 1 item in map case)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Chief Curator records consist of the files and records documenting the activities of the Chief Curators of the Brooklyn Museum between 1969 and 2002. Types of documents include: correspondence, inner office memos, exhibition planning, collection policies, and meeting minutes.
- Title
- Finding aid to the Chief Curator records
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Finding aid updated by Stephanie Crawford
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Brooklyn Museum Archives Repository