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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

Department of Decorative Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: DEC
Dates: 1920 - 2009

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

Department of Photography records

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Identifier: PHO
Dates: 1920-2003

Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

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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

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

Design Department records

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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

Education Division Records

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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

William Henry Goodyear Papers

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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