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Finding aid prepared by the Museum Archives.
Machine-readable finding aid derived from Junior Council.doc, 2006. Machine-readable finding aid created by Kathleene Konkle. Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary
Creator: Junior Council
Title: Junior Council Records
Dates: 1949-1984
Quantity: 1 linear foot

Historical Note

The Junior Council was established in February 1949. In October 1981, the Junior Council adopted the new name of Associate Council. Since December 1986, it has been known as the Contemporary Arts Council.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Junior Council Records are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archivist.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Junior Council Records, [folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.

Container List

 

Folder Descriptions

Folder Title Date
1 Annual Reports

1953 - 1954
1954 - 1955
1955 - 1956
1957 - 1958
1958 - 1959
1959 - 1960
1960 - 1961
1961 - 1962
1962 - 1963
1965 - 1966, 1966 Year reviewed in photographs
1966 - 1967
1967 - 1968
1968 - 1969
1969 - 1970
1970 - 1971
1974 - 1975
1976 - 1977
1978 - 1980
1983 - 1984

1953-1984
2 New Projects Committee: 121 Street Project

Synopsis of the project and its relationship with the Junior Council
3 slide sheets of photographs taken of the project
1 extra slide in mini-envelope attached

n.d.
3 Art Lending Service

Art Lending Service Annual Report, 1965-1966
Art Lending Service Retrospective, 1950-1960
Jan. 26 - March 20, 1960
Minutes of the Art Lending Service Retrospective Committee, Sept. 1959

Minutes of the Art Lending Service Meeting:
Oct. 13, 1960
Jan. 8, 1953

New York Times article, Jan. 28, 1960:
"Art is Carried into Home in Museum Shopping Bag"

Pamphlets:
"Art Lending Service of the Museum of Modern Art," 1951
"The Art Lending Service of the Museum of Modern Art," 1954 (?)

Proposal for an Art Lending Library:
April, 1951

4 Television Archive 1967 - 1970
5 Minutes of the Meeting of the Junior Council

Feb. 8, 1949 - Oct. 10, 1955
May 12, 1958 - Oct. 22, 1962
April 6, 1967

6 Minutes of the Meeting of the Junior Council Executive Committee Oct. 16, 1968 - Nov. 27, 1962
7 Minutes of the Meeting of the Calendar Committee 1959 - 1962
8 Minutes of the New Projects Committee Dec. 1959 - Nov. 1962
9 Minutes to Discuss Original Prints Project

Report of the Junior Council for the Commissioning and Sale of Original Prints, March 1958

 Aug. 9, 1960
10 Miscellaneous Committee Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting of the Book Committee, Jan. 9, 1961 - April 10, 1961
Minutes of the Meeting of the Christmas Card Committee,Jan. 25, 1954
Minutes of the 1958 Christmas Print Sale Committee, May 29, 1957; April 14, 1958
Minutes of Meeting of Dimensions 1960 Committee, June 1, 1959; Feb. 1, 1960; April 28, 1960
Notes on a Meeting of the Committee for an Evening of Films on Printmaking, March 20, N.D.
Minutes of the Meeting to Discuss Next Major Junior Council Exhibitions, May 5, 1960
Minutes of the Committee for Recent Painting USA: The Figure, Nov. 3, 1960; March 10, 1962
Minutes of the Recent Sculpture Benefit Committee, Dec. 9, 1958
Minutes of the Meeting of the Sculpture Show Planning Committee, June 27, 1957

11 Miscellaneous Information

Junior Council List, 1955 - 1956
"Young Collectors:" an exhibition of paintings lent by Members of The Junior Council Nov. 5 - Nov. 28, 1954

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