Curatorial Records, 1965-1975, 1992-2002

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Summary

Consists of records documenting curatorial activities in the Division of Social History. Staff represented in these records include curators Paul Vickers Gardner, Susan H. Myers, and J. Jefferson Miller; historian Lonn Taylor; and collections manager Sheila M. Alexander. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; agreements; object lists; loan information; photographs; and newspaper clippings.

Subject

  • Taylor, Lonn 1940-
  • Gardner, Paul Vickers 1908-1994
  • Myers, Susan H
  • Miller, J. Jefferson
  • Alexander, Sheila M

Category

Series Level Description

Notes

  • To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
  • For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Chronologic and unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1965
  • 1965-2002
  • 1965-1975, 1992-2002

Topic

  • Social history
  • Museum loans
  • Glass
  • Museums
  • Ceramics
  • Museums--Collection management
  • Museum curators

Form/Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Clippings
  • Color photographs

Local number

SIA RS00480

Physical description

1.75 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings

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