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| Creator: | Betty Chamberlain | |
| Title: | The History of MoMA | |
| Dates: | 1953-1954 | |
| Quantity: | Two 5" document boxes | |
The The History of MoMA was a book project envisioned by the Director of the Museum, René d'Harnoncourt, on the occasion of the Museum's 25th anniversary. It was never published.
Betty Chamberlain was Director of the Department of Communications (from 1963 the Department of Public Information) at The Museum of Modern Art, 1948-53. Prior to her employment at the Museum, she worked on the editorial staffs of Time, Art News, The Magazine of Art, the Office of War Information (O.W.I.), and the United States Maritime Commission.
The History of MoMA, an unpublished manuscript by Betty Chamberlain written between 1953 and 1954, is contained in two 5" document boxes. The book was planned in four sections, with six chapters each. The format of each chapter is duplicated in each of the four sections, i.e., The People Involved, The Policies, Working Assets, Activities, Methods, and Public Response & Press Reaction. A Table of Contents precedes the manuscript.
The four sections are as follows:
Part I. The First Years - The Trial Period, 1929-1934
Part II. A Permanent Basis, 1924-1939
Part III. The War, May 1939-October 1945
Part IV. 1945-25th Anniversary, 1945
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
The The History of MoMA is 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.
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in DADABASE, the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using thes headings. | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Chamberlain, Betty. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Anniversaries, 25th. | ||
| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- History. | ||
The History of MoMA, [folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1-11 |
| 2 | 12-23 |