Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Natural Science Department records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-02
Abstract
The Natural Science Department Records document the management, correspondence, and curation of the department within the Brooklyn Museum from 1897-1928. The department remained nominally as an educational club until 1964. The records chronicle the growth of the Natural Science Department through the supervision of several curators and museum directors, including Alfred G. Mayer, Edward L. Morris, and Franklin W. Hooper, as well as the administrative and departmental transitions between...
Dates:
1862-1964; Majority of material found within 1895-1905
New York City Museum School, 1994
File — Box 163, Folder: 1-2
Objects of War (short film made at BK Museum), 1983
File — Box 135, Folder: 19-21
Scope and Contents
color polaroids with captions
Dates:
1983
Opulent Era: Fashions of Worth, Doucet and Pingat [12/01/1989-02/26/1990], 1989
File — Multiple Containers
Dates:
1989
Our Heritage, 1979
File — Box 134, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Possibly a Community Services Department exhibit with senior citizens. It is likely that Richard Waller contributed to its organization, which is likely why it was included with the Community Gallery photographs.
Dates:
Other: 1979
Patrice Caire: Crash! Art Implants Reject Emotions (CAIRE) [10/01/1993-12/31/1993], 1993
File — Box 85, Folder: 11
Dates:
1993
Perceptarium, circa 1977-1978
File — Box 135, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
b&w photo prints—installation images
Dates:
circa 1977-1978
Petah Coyne: Untitled Installation [09/22/1989-12/04/1989], 1989
File — Box 85, Folder: 8
Dates:
1989
Photographs and Negatives, 1968-1985
Series
Abstract
From the Collection:
The Community Gallery records document the administrative and exhibition activities of the gallery from its founding in 1968 until its closure in early 1986. In 1967 members of the artist group FICE demanded that the Brooklyn Museum exhibit from the local community and display artwork created by BIPOC artists. In repsonse, the Museum created the Community Gallery and hired Henri Ghent, the first Black man in a Director/administrative role at the Museum. Ghent, and later Richard Waller in the...
Dates:
1968-1985
Photographs of the Brooklyn Institute, circa 1900-circa 1920
File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Copies of photographs likely found by Levinson, or taken by Levinson during his research period.
Dates:
circa 1900-circa 1920