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Department of Costumes and Textiles records
Collection
Identifier: CTX
Scope and Contents
The records of the Department of Costumes and Textiles document the history of the department and the collection, from the establishment of the Industrial Division in 1939 to its final designation as Department of Costumes and Textiles. It also includes the period when the costumes and textiles collection fell under the authority of the Department of Decorative Arts from 1927-1938.The records contain information on the administrative, curatorial, education, service, and research...
Dates:
1911-2004; Majority of material found within 1928 - 2004
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Department of Decorative Arts records
Collection
Identifier: DEC
Dates:
1920 - 2009
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Department of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art records
Collection
Identifier: EAC
Scope and Contents
The Records of the Department of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art document the inception and growth of the Egyptological and classical collections at the Brooklyn Museum through 2002. The records detail the work of the various curators, the administrative functions of the department, the expansion of the collections, the organization of exhibitions, and special projects, such as excavations and publications.The collection consists primarily of...
Dates:
1890-2002
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Department of Photography records
Collection
Identifier: PHO
Dates:
1920-2003
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: PDP
Scope and Contents
The Records of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs document the administrative and curatorial activities of the department from before its inception. The collection consists mostly of correspondence, along with memos, reports, notes, typescripts, clippings, photographs, slides, negatives, and gallery plans. The majority of the collection is made up of letters to and from donors, trustees, museum staff, collectors, dealers, artists, other curators and gallery directors,...
Dates:
1878-2001
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Department of the Arts of Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas records
Collection
Identifier: AON
Scope and Contents
The Records of the Department of the Arts of Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas document the administrative and curatorial activities of the department beginning at the end of the tenure of Stewart Culin, the first curator of Ethnology, from 1926 through 2001. The records document the work of the various curators, the expansion of the department, and the development of its collections throughout the twentieth century. These records relate day-to-day administrative...
Dates:
1926-2001
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records
Collection
Identifier: PSC
Dates:
1897-2005
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Design Department records
Collection
Identifier: DES
Scope and Contents
The Design Department records consist of files on exhibitions and installations. Materials include correspondence, memos, sketches, floor plans, didactic and label text, publications, brochures, print samples, lists, budgets, plans, photographs, museum departmental administration files, nameplates, labels, didactics, signs/signage, text panels, photograph and poster designs, presentation drawings, pages from large scale comment, and drawing books.
Dates:
1976-2006
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
Education Division Records
Collection
Identifier: RG-07
Abstract
The Brooklyn Museum Education Division records documents the varied activities of the Education department between 1930 and 2024. The collection is divided into series based on internal divisions between departments including Youth and Family; School Services; Adult Learning; Public Programming; and Community Services. Several departments overlap in activties and execution. This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, exhibition development and interpretation files,...
Dates:
1930-2024; Majority of material found within 1970-2024
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
William Henry Goodyear Papers
Collection
Identifier: S-03
Abstract
William Henry Goodyear was the Brooklyn Museum’s first curator of fine arts and an art and architectural historian. The Goodyear archival collection contains records relating to his work as curator and to his scholarly work, specifically his research on architectural refinements in medieval buildings in countries throughout Europe, Turkey, Egypt and Greece. Among the materials of note are correspondence with colleagues and friends including art historian A. Kingsley Porter; scrapbooks...
Dates:
1874–1940
Found in:
Brooklyn Museum Archives
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