Box 1

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In order to promote communication and clarity between staff and administration, newsletters were published for all members of staff.

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Contains 3 copies of volumes 1-6. Additional all staff memo mentioning the founding of the newsletter. This was a short staff newsletter that was published sporadically. Articles were often on exhibits, grants, building updates, staff updates, classifieds, holiday parties, and suggestions for places to eat near the Museum.

Scope and Contents Between March of 1999 and August 2002 the Brooklyn Museum staff bulletin was physically published and distributed to staff weekly. The 1-2 page bulletin often contained blurbs on new hires, Museum updates, exhibit information, upgrades to phones/computers, membership details, and messages from the director. The staff bulletin has been published from 1999 until currently, though between September of 2002 and currently the bulletin is published online in various formats. Of special note are...

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The Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music were all sister cultural institutions under the umbrella of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (BIAS). In the 1970s, the Children's Museum, the Botanic Garden, and the Academy of Music all decided to become their own independent cultural instituions away from BIAS. This folder contains a petition protesting the proposed re-organization of BIAS.

Scope and Contents The Museum Worker was published by the Brooklyn Museum Unit of the Commnist Party. There is at least 1 other issue that is referenced in the January 1936 issue, but the complete run is unclear. The newsletter advocates for the Brooklyn museum to purchase uniforms for the guards instead of having guards purchase their own. Additionally, the newsletter encourages employees to join anti-fascist and anti-war organizations, and to unionize all museum positions. The newsletter discusses labor...

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This press release was issued to advocate on behalf of the museum guards in order to prevent them from spending their own money on uniforms. The press release points out that the Museum has 100s of dollars to spend on teas and events, but not $500 to spend on uniforms.

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Includes 1 folder of draft bylaws.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This artifical collection contains information on Brooklyn Museum staff events, activities, and demonstrations outside of work, or loosely related to work. It continues to expand and grow. Of special interest is the 1936 newsletter and press release that were created by the Communist Party Unit of the Brooklyn Museum which advocated for the Museum to pay for guards uniforms, as well as for staff to join anti-war and anti-fascist organizations. The newsletter was called Museum...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This artifical collection contains information on Brooklyn Museum staff events, activities, and demonstrations outside of work, or loosely related to work. It continues to expand and grow. Of special interest is the 1936 newsletter and press release that were created by the Communist Party Unit of the Brooklyn Museum which advocated for the Museum to pay for guards uniforms, as well as for staff to join anti-war and anti-fascist organizations. The newsletter was called Museum...