Early Museum History Administrative Records

in The Museum of Modern Art Archives

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Finding Aid created by Rona Roob and Apphia Loo, 12/92, and updated, 9/93.

Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, January 1999, edited and converted to EAD 2002 by Jonathan Lill, July 2006. Description is in English.


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	The Museum of Modern Art
	Title:	Early Museum History: Administrative Records
	Dates:	1930s-1950s

Organization and Arrangement

The Papers are organized into four Series:



I.	Museum Matters [includes information concerning Committees, Departments Programs and Projects], 1930-51, 1958, 1950-63
II.	Latin-American Program, 1941-48
III.	Television Project, 1939-55
IV.	Individuals and Institutions, 1929-51

They have been processed to the filing unit level and are in most instances alphabetically arranged.

Scope and Content Note

The processed Early Museum History Papers (11 linear feet) are contained in 32 boxes (24 5" and 8 2½" document boxes).

The Papers concern the early activities of many of the Museum's programs, such as the Armed Services Program, Art in America radio program and subsequent book, film library, circulating exhibitions, lectures, Veteran's Art Center; and committees such as the Advisory Committee, Education Committee, Garden Committee, and Reception Committee. The Museum's involvement with Latin America (Series II) and television (Series III) is also documented.

Correspondents include such collectors and dealers as, for example, Walter C. Arensberg, Bernheim Jeune & Cie., F. Valentine Dudensing, Durand-Ruel, Grace Horne, Julien Levy, J.B. Neumann; and such personalities as Nicolas Calas, Leo Frobenius, Naum Gabo, Lincoln Kirstein, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. See name index at end of this finding aid.

Restrictions

Location and Access

The Papers can be consulted by appointment at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019, (212) 708-9436.

Access to Committee Minutes is limited.


Index Terms
	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 these headings.
	Persons and Organizations:
		Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
	Subjects:
		Abbott, John E.
		Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981.
		Blackburn, Alan R., Jr.
		Braden, Thomas D.
		D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968.
		Mabry, Thomas D.
		Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Committees.
		Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Armed Services Program.
		Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Art in America.
		Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). War Veterans' Art Center.
		Porter, Allan.
		Soby, James Thrall, 1906-
		Street, Julian L., Jr.
		Ulrich, Ione, 1905-
		Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-
		Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-

Related Collections

See also, Circulating Exhibitions Record Group, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers, Committee Minutes Record Group, and Museum of Modern Art: Report and Pamphlets Record Group.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Long version: Early Museum History Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.

Short version: Early Museum, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY.

Provenance

The Papers [1930-51, 1958 (3 filing units related to the Museum fire), and 1950-63 (2 filing units of correspondence from Allen Porter)] perhaps served as the central files for the Museum during its early years. They include papers from various Museum staff members, notably John E. Abbott, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Alan R. Blackburn, Jr., Thomas W. Braden, René d'Harnoncourt, Thomas D. Mabry, Jr., Allen Porter, James Thrall Soby, Julian Street, Jr., James Johnson Sweeney, Ione Ulrich, and Monroe Wheeler.

Minutes found in these Papers have been added to the Museum Archives Committee Minutes Record Group.

Explanation of Abbreviations

ALS: autograph letter(s) signed in the hand of the writer
TL: typed letter(s) without signature
TLS: typed letter(s) signed by the writer
corresp.: correspondence
incl.: includes
n.d.: date information incomplete, i.e., no date supplied by document
JEA: John E. Abbott
AHB: Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
ARB: Alan R. Blackburn, Jr.
RDH: René d'Harnoncourt
TDM: Thomas D. Mabry, Jr.
NAR: Nelson A. Rockefeller
JTS: James Thrall Soby
MW: Monroe Wheeler
C/E: Circulating Exhibition sponsored by the Department of Circulating Exhibitions (now Exhibitions Program)
MoMA Exh. #: exhibition number assigned by the Department of the Registrar to all museum shows
[]: additions made by an outside source
M/M: Mr. and Mrs.

Container List

Series I. Museum Matters

40 filing units Incl. material related to general Museum activities, Committees, Departments, Programs and Projects; alphabetically arranged.
Folder	Title	Date
I.1.	Artist Viewings ½" incl. 1 TLS John Ackerman-Edward M. M. Warburg; AHB corresp. with artists interested in showing at MoMA; H-Z corresp. not found	1933
I.2.	Anniversary, 20th: “Congratulatory Letters,” 28 items incl. corresp. re: 20th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee; corresp. with Daniel Catton Rich and Fiske Kimball	1949-50
I.3.a	Armed Services Program See also, World War II (I.40). John E. Abbott Correspondence ¼" incl. JEA and JTS corresp. re: art therapy exhibitions; memos; list, associate members' donations to tea fund; memo re: Art Sale and Auction for the Armed Services receipts, expenditures, balance, and allocated funds; press release; report to the trustees	1942-44
I.3.b.	Armed Services Program Army Specialized Training Program ¼" incl. press releases; U.S. Army publicity photos	1943
I.3.c.	Armed Services Program Artists in War ½" incl. Betty Chamberlain corresp. and memos; press release; proposal for War Artists Information Bureau; typescript, “The Function of Art in Wartime”	1942
I.3.d.	Armed Services Program Artists in War ½" incl. memos; clippings; ephemera	1942
I.3.e.	Armed Services Program Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead Proposals ½" incl. corresp.; “Suggested Materials for Training of Regional Specialists Army Program” by Margaret Mead; “A Proposed Wartime Regional Materials Unit to be Set Up in The Museum of Modern Art”; “Suggested Materials for Regional Training” by Gregory Bateson	1943
I.3.f.	Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Circulating Exhibitions ¼" incl. film catalog; C/E bookings sponsored by Armed Services Program; corresp. re: Britain at War; Elodie Courter corresp. and memos	1943
I.3.g.	Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Circulating Exhibitions ¼" incl. Elodie Courter corresp. and memos; corresp. re: Overseas Studies, Foreign Area and Language Study Curriculum, and European Program, corresp. with the U.S. War Department, colleges, and universities; press releases; “Section of Psychology” from Transactions of The New York Academy of SciencesSer. II, 5(4): 72-78; Feb. 1943; questionnaire	1943
I.3.h.	Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Circulating Exhibitions 3/4" incl. C/E bookings and prices paid; corresp. with camp site captains	1943-44
I.3.i.	Armed Services Program Museums Council - Therapy 3/8" incl. corresp., Committee on Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation of the Museum Council of New York Second Memorandum and Report; report on therapy for the museum council subcommittee on therapy; press release re: education courses; report to the museum committee on rehabilitation; “Design Potentialities” and “New Approach to Occupational Therapy” by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy	1943-44
I.3.j.	Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Organizations 5/8" incl. Report to Policy Committee, Report of the Art Committee on College Curriculum Adjustments to the U.S. Office of Education, Wartime Commission; bibliography on art and war; transcript, JTS interview with WNYC, 1942 Oct. 15; list, Committee on Therapy members; corresp. and memos re: camouflage; schedule of income and expenditures of the Armed Services Program; memo re: meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art re: American Federation of Art function during WWII; questionnaire from Artists for Victory; USO National Photography Contest statement of purpose	1942-43
I.3.k.	Armed Services Program Overseas Painting Unit ¼" incl. JTS corresp. with the Federal Works Administration re: fund appropriation	1943
I.3.l.	Armed Services Program Servicemen's Parties ¼" incl. guest lists; cost sheet; corresp.	1942
I.3.m.	Armed Services Program Soldier Art Program Correspondence and Receipts 3/8" incl. receipts of art supplies for army camps expenditures; JTS corresp. with army captains	1942-43
I.3.n.	Armed Services Program Soldier Art Program Correspondence and Receipts 3/8"	1942-43
I.3.o.	Armed Services Program Veterans' Art Center 3/8" incl. brochure, “Interior Design and Soldier Art”; poster; report to the trustees on the Museum's Armed Services Program; JTS and JEA corresp.; Victor D'Amico memos; memo re: JTS appointment	1941-45
I.3.p.	Armed Services Program Veterans' Art Center ½" incl. report, “The War Veterans' Art Center, 1944-1948, An Experiment in Rehabilitation through Art”; clipping; “Art and Skills Corps” newsletter no. 3: 1946; newletter, “The Urge to Make” 4(2): April 1946; RDH corresp.	1943-46
I.4.a.	Art in America Note: RDH directed the Art in America project. Holger Cahill edited the book published in conjunction with the radio series. Articles ½" incl. list, lectures and speakers; transcripts, “Official Architecture in America” by William Harlan Hale, “Photography in the United States”, “American Sculpture Since the Civil War”, “Stage Design and the American Theatre” by John Mason Brown, “Richardson and the Skyscraper: 1865-1900”	(1934)
I.4.b.	Art in America Art in America News 18 items incl. Art in America Newsnos. 1-16; 1 TLS RDH-AAR	1935
I.4.c.	Art in America Art in Americaby Holger Cahill ½" incl. budget, orders, corresp. with printers, publishers and museums. See also, Alan R. Blackburn Jr. Papers for complete set of press releases.	1934-35
I.4.d.	Art in America Art in Americaby Holger Cahill 3/8" incl. corresp. re: permission to publish	1935-36
I.4.e.	Art in America Cuts - Correspondence 3/8" incl. telegrams between AHB, Holger Cahill and RDH; corresp. with lenders	1934
I.4.f.	Art in America Cuts - Lists 10 items incl. bibliography on American Art; schedule of programs; list of artists discussed and institutions where represented	1934-35
I.4.g.	Art in America Cuts - Permission of Owners 22 items	1934-35
I.4.h.	Art in America A-B Correspondence ½" incl. corresp. re: news subscriptions and book orders	1934
I.4.i.	Art in America C-D Correspondence ½"	1934
I.4.j.	Art in America E-F Correspondence 35 items	1934
I.4.k.	Art in America G-H Correspondence ½" incl. corresp. with RDH in Mexico; incl. 1 ALS-Holger Cahill; 1 TLS RDH-Edward M. M. Warburg	1934
I.4.l.	Art in America I-L Correspondence ¼" incl. 1 TL RDH-Lincoln Kirstein; 1 TLS Fiske Kimball-ARB	1934
I.4.m.	Art in America M Correspondence 1/8"	1934
I.4.n.	Art in America N-R Correspondence 3/8"	1934
I.4.o.	Art in America S-T Correspondence ½" incl. Art in America NewsNo. 9, 1934 December 1	1934
I.4.p.	Art in America U-Z Correspondence incl. corresp. with and suggested topics from Forbes Watson of Public Works of Art Project	1934
I.5.a.	Art Sale for the Armed Services See also, World War II (I.40). Receipts for Paid Sales 1" incl. receipts, ledger sheets, memos	June 16 1942
I.5.b.	Art Sale for the Armed Services Memos, Sales Report, List 10 items incl. list of gifts to Armed Services Program	June 16 1942
I.5.c.	Art Sale for the Armed Services Correspondence, Receipts 5/8" incl. press release; receipts from Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.	June 16 1942
I.6.a.	Art Week Note: the week of 1940 November 25-December 1 was set aside by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as National Art Week for the purpose of exhibiting and promoting work by living American artists. Francis Henry Taylor, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was Chairman of the National Council for Art Week; AHB was Chairman of the New York City Council for Art Week. Correspondence 5/8" incl. corresp.; memos; budget; 1 TLS Rockwell Kent (United American Artists)-AHB, 1940	1940-41
I.6.b.	Art Week Minutes and Reports 1" incl. reports, lists, press releases.	1940
I.6.c.	Art Week Printed Material 3/4" incl. transcript of “Art and Our World”; corresp., President Franklin Delano Roosevelt-Francis Henry Taylor (Metropolitan Museum of Art); clippings; press releases; bulletin from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940	1940
I.7.	“The Artist and the Museum Report,” 1 item incl. report and sample questionnaire sent to artists re: relationship between MoMA And New York artists	1944
I.8.	The Museum of Modern Art Building, Correspondence 13 items incl. 1 TL-Stephen C. Clark; 1 TLS Philip Goodwin-AHB; fourth floor film library plan	1936-37
I.9.a.	*The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art* Note: published monthly by the Museum; from ca. 1944 through 1963 called The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin;see also, Allen Porter (IV.31.a-e.). Bulletin ¼" incl. 1 TLS Ione Ulrich-AHB, 1935; 1 TL AHB-JEA, 1935; 1 ALS George L. K. Morris-AHB, 1935; 2 ALS Morris-TDM, 1935; 6 TL TDM-Morris, 1935; 1 TL TDM-James Johnson Sweeney, 1935; memo re: aims of the Museum Bulletin;1 TL Cornelius J. Sullivan (“CJS”)-T.S. Eliot, 1933; 1 TL ARB-Maurice Sterne, 1933; 1 ALS AHB-ARB re: “art under Hitler”, 1933	1933-1935
I.9.b.	*The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art* 2 items incl. essay proposed by Sidney Janis for Bulletinon Cubism and Abstract Art(MoMA Exh. #46, 1936 March 2-April 19); 1 TL AHB-Janis; 1 TLS Janis-AHB	1936
I.9.c.	*The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art* 7 items incl. memos, 1 TLS Joseph Hudnut-Ernestine M. Fantl	1938
I.9.d.	*The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art* 31 items incl. memos; members' calendars of activites (ca. 1940); 3 TLS Philip Goodwin, 1939	1939-40
I.9.e.	*The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art* 3/8" incl. corresp. re: mailing list	1940
I.9.f.	*The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art* 3/8"	1941
I.10.	Children's Garden Project ¼" incl. Julian Street, Jr. and Victor D'Amico corresp. and memos re: competition sponsored by The Greater New York Fund; press releases; contest standards; list of judges; sample ribbons; transcripts of speeches by Merle A. Gulick and Mrs. John S. Sheppard	1939
I.11.	Circulating Exhibitions ½" incl. corresp. re: questionnaires sent to colleges and universities	1944
I.12.a.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Advisory Committee Recommendations 13 items incl. lists of proposed exhibitions, 1941-43, 1940; “Digest of Recommendations and Suggestions of the Advisory Committee of The Museum of Modern Art, November 1938-May 1941”, 1931-38, Digest of Suggestions, 1931-35	1931-43
I.12.b.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Auditing Committee 14 items incl. letters of appointment	1934-1938
I.12.c.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Development Committee 7 items incl. memos, corresp. re: meetings, 1946 April 26 meeting agenda	1946-48
I.12.d.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Education Committee and Extension Office Correspondence 13 items	1931-34
I.12.e.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Educational Project, (formerly the Education Committee and Extension Office) Reports 16 items incl. petition, Report of Extension Office, memos	1932-39
I.12.f.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Executive Committee 1 item incl. 1 TLS ACG-ARB	1933
I.12.g.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Exhibitions Committee Reports and Statements 1 item Note: Exhibitions Sub-Committee report	1941
I.12.h.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Policy Report 2 items Note: Advisory Committee report on the Exhibition Policy of The Museum of Modern Art (2 copies)	1944
I.12.i.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Film Library Committee 11 items incl. corresp.; lists of members; 1 TLS ACG-AAR, 1936; 1 TLS JEA-AAR, 1935; “An outline of a project for founding the film library of The Museum of Modern Art” 1935, certificate of incorporation	1935-37
I.12.j.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Finance Committee Correspondence 5 items incl. list of members; statement by Samuel A. Lewisohn	1933-34, 1936
I.12.k.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Garden Committee (Reformed as Advisory Subcommittee 1939 as staff committee, 1944) 5 item incl. notes of the informal meeting of the Garden Comm., 1939; tentative list of sculpture for the Sculpture Garden; 1 TLS Joseph Hudnut-TDM, 1938; 1 TLS Helen Resor-Philip Goodwin, 1938	1938 1939
I.12.l.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art House Committee (Reformed as Advisory Subcommittee 1939 as staff committee 1944) 4 items incl. corresp., list of members	1939
I.12.m.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Industrial Design Committee 34 items incl. letters confirming re-appointment	1937-41
I.12.n.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Library Committee 3/8" Note: Committee dissolved 1939; incl. corresp. re: appointments; 1 TLS Walter Chrysler-ACG, 1936; list of members	1934-1938
I.12.o.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Motion Picture Committee and Department 10 items incl. corresp. re: establishment and appointment of members and chairman	1935-36
I.12.p.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Museum Collections Reports and Statements 5 items	1941, 1944
I.12.q.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Music Committee 2 items incl. memos, corresp.	1941
I.12.r.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Nominating Committee 19 items incl. corresp. re: committee appointments	1936-1938
I.12.s.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Promotion Committee ½" incl. meeting resumes; proposals	1948
I.12.t.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Reception Committee ½" incl. form letters sent to committee members	1941
I.12.u.	Committees, The Museum of Modern Art World's Fair Committee Correspondence 1 item incl. 1 TL TDM-Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1937	1937
I.13.	The Museum of Modern Art Corporation: Members Correspondence 16 items incl. 3 agendae for Corporation Meetings, 1950; amendments to the by-laws; election notices	1938-50
I.14.	Film Library Project Report, Certificate of Incorporation and Reports 4 items incl. “Report of The Museum of Modern Art Film Library” 1936; “Report on the Work of The Museum of Modern Art Film Library as of April 13, 1936”; “Film Library Work and Progress Report”, 1937	1936, 1937
I.15.a.	Fire See also, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers Record Group 1, 303 and René d'Harnoncourt Papers Series E, 941 Correspondence ½" incl. condolence letters; NFPA Fire Record Department quarterly report; conservator's report; memos	April 15, 1958
I.15.b.	Fire Correspondence, Transcript ½" incl. press releases; agenda of meeting of Friends of The Museum of Modern Art: Emergency Committee and Museum Fund Raising Group; list of contributors; transcript of remarks by NAR at Opening of MoMA Oct. 6, 1958; form letter sent to members; AHB condolence replies	April 15, 1958
I.16.a.	Fund Raising Appeals for Contributions from Foundations ½" incl. corresp. with foundations; “History of The Museum of Modern Art”; “Report to Rockefeller Foundation for Appropriation RF 39025 to The Museum of Modern Art for a Rotating Fund for Circulating Exhibitions”	1941-42
I.16.b.	Fund Raising Requests to Solicit Money from MoMA Staff ¼" incl. corresp. from organizations and institutions	1942-60
I.17.	Houses and Housing: Industrial Arts ¼" Note: MoMA Exh. #87-88, 1939 May 10-September 30; incl. corresp. re: MoMA and C/E versions of exh.; provenance, Elodie Courter	1939-40
I.18.	Industrial Art Project Report 2 items incl. “A Report Covering a Proposed Industrial Art Project of The Museum of Modern Art” by MW; statement re: establishment of Industrial Art Project, 1938	1937-38
I.19.a.	International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Transcripts 1/8" incl. transcript of talks by Ira A. Hirschmann, Henri Laugier, and Wallace K. Harrison; Henri Laugier biography; form letter (invitation) 1947 October 17; acceptances; list of contributors	1947
I.19.b.	International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Publicity and Press Releases 5/8"	1947
I.19.c.	International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Correspondence, Memos 3/8" incl. telegram NAR-Ira A. Hirschmann; regulations; list of jurors; transcript NBC broadcast with Amedee J. Ozenfant (excerpt)	1947-48
I.20.	International Council - Prospectus incl. Minutes of the meeting of the Committee for the Formation of the International Council; corresp.; transcript of meeting of the Museum Council; outline and prospectus, “Annual Conference Dedicated to Modern Art and its Function in Contemporary Society”; agenda for meeting of National Council	1953
I.21.	Junior Council ½" incl. lists of committees of the Junior Council and members; corresp. re: committee appointments; 1 TLS Gertrud A. Mellon-Thomas W. Braden, 1949; 1 ALS Blanchette Rockefeller-Braden, 1949	1948-50
I.22.a.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Note: see also, Allen Porter (IV.31.f.). Lectures 7/8" incl. course catalogs from other institutions; corresp. with Henry-Russell Hitchcock (Wesleyan University); corresp. re: proposed Matisse lecture	1931-32
I.22.b	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Roger Fry 12 items incl. corresp. between AHB, Stephen C. Clark, ACG, and AAR re: raising funds for Fry lecture at MoMA	1932
I.22.c.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 5/8" incl. “Report on Meeting of the State Chairmen of the Fine Arts Departments of The General Federation of Women's Clubs at Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday, May 23rd, 1933”, 1 ALS Mary Rockefeller re: lecture series by Helen Appleton Read and Blanche Stillson on “Modern French and German Art”	1933
I.22.d.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 18 items inc. 1 TLS Meyer Schapiro-AHB	1934
I.22.e.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Gertrude Stein ½" incl. 3 telegrams, 1934; clipping, 3 press releases; 1 TLS Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc. (Robert M. MacGregor)-ACG, 1934; 5 TLS MacGregor-AHB, 1934; 4 TLS W. Colston Leigh-AHB, 1934; 1 TLS Princeton University (J. Duncan Spaeth)-AHB, 1934; 6 ALS Marvin Chauncey Ross-ARB, 1934; 1 ALS Ross-AHB, 1934; 1 TLS ACG-Stein, 1934; 1 TLS author unidentified-Stein, 1934; 2 TLS Alice B. Toklas-AHB, 1934; 1 TLS ARB-Alice B. Toklas, 1934; 1 ALS Toklas-ARB, 1934	1934, 1947
I.22.f.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures ¼" incl. corresp. with Franz Boaz; 1 TL AHB-Salvador Dali, press release re: Dali lecture at MoMA	1935
I.22.g.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 9 items incl. 1 TLS Kenneth Clark-TDM, 1 TLS Clark-AHB	1936
I.22.h.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 5/8" incl. 1 ALS Laura C. Boulton-AHB, 1935; 1 TLS Boulton-AHB, 1935; corresp. with the College Art Association (Audrey McMahon), 1 ALS Lee Simonson-Sarah Newmeyer, 1935	1937, 1935-37
I.22.i.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Leo Frobenius ½" incl. schedule; corresp.; transcript of radio talk on Prehistoric Rock Paintings in Europe and Africa(MoMA Exh. #61, 1937 April 28-May 30)	1937
I.22.j.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures ¼" incl. schedule of film and lecture programs to be held at the Dalton Schools; 3 TL TDM-Walter Gropius; 1 ALS Agnes Rindge-TDM; 1 TL with autograph note Rindge-TDM; 5 TLS Rindge-TDM; 2 TLS Rindge-AHB; 1 TLS AHB-Rindge; 10 TL TDM/AHB-Rindge	1938
I.22.k.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Suggested Lectures 3/8" incl. 4 TLS Charles R. Hulbeck (Richard Huelsenbeck)-AHB, 1941; 1 ALS David H. McAlpin-AHB, 1939; 1 TL TDM-Meyer Schapiro, 1939	1938-41
I.22.l.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 16 items incl. memos, tickets to James Johnson Sweeney lecture on Pablo Picasso, lecture statistics, clipping	1939
I.22.m.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Barr Requests to Lecture 17 items incl. invitations to AHB to lecture	1939
I.22.n.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Programs A-M ½" incl. corresp. with An American Group (Louis Lozowick); Air Youth of America (Russell Newcomb); memos and poster re: League of Composers	1939-1940
I.22.o.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Programs N-Z 3/4" incl. biography, Joseph Schillinger; corresp., invitation, Swiss film program, 1940 (The Swiss Society of New York); prospectus, “Modern Art and Modern Music” lectures by Jonathan Schiller	1939-1940
I.22.p.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 6 items incl. brochures, posters by the Forum Lecture Bureau	1940
I.22.q.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Nicolas Calas ¼" incl. invitation to Calas lecture; 2 TLS Calas-AHB, 1940, 1941; memos	1940-41
I.22.r.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Special Events 7/8" incl. Julian Street, Jr. corresp. re: Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art(MoMA Exh. #106, 1940 May 15-September 30); day at MoMA for mayors' wives; Ballet Foundation tea in members' penthouse; New York City Board of Education; The Children's Aid Society; United States Congress (Jack Nichols, House of Representatives); Japan Society; Junior League re: Fifth Annual Children's Art competition exhibition; R. H. Macy & Co., the Pan American Society; Scientific Congress; Vassar College re: exhibition of Vassar architecture in members' penthouse; Hairdressers and Cosmotologists Convention; Young People's Day at MoMA in connection with We Like Modern Art(MoMA Exh. #120, 1941 December 27-January 12); Saks Fifth Avenue Cover Competition	1940-41
I.22.s.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Receptions ½" incl. memos, guest lists, exhibition notes, lists of Reception Committee activities, “Facts Concerning The Museum of Modern Art Prepared for The Special Reception Committee for the Membership Teas”, 1940	1940-45
I.22.t.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures 6 items incl. memos, 1 TLS J. B. Neumann-Frances Hawkins re: lecture on Paul Klee; Beaumont Newhall “Painting and Photography” lecture notes; 1 TL AHB-John Rewald re: lecture on Aristide Maillol	1941
I.22.u.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art “Problems of Post-War Planning” 1" incl. program and transcript of lectures by Charles Abrams, John Merriman Gaus, Siegfried Giedion, George Howe, Joseph Hudnut, John Ihlder, Mary K. Simkhovitch, and Clarence S. Stein, for forum at MoMA; article, “The Political Art of Planning” by Joseph Hudnut reprinted from Architectural Record1943 October; press release; memos	1944
I.22.v.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art “Problems of Post-War Planning” ½" incl. 4 TL Agnes Rindge-Charles Abrams; 4 TLS, 1 ALS John M. Gaus-Rindge; 5 TL Rindge-Sigfried Giedeion; 1 TLS Giedeion-Rindge; 1 TLS Philip Goodwin-Rindge; 1 TLS Rindge-Goodwin; 6 TLS George Howe-Rindge; 1 ALS Howe-Rindge; 12 TLS Joseph Hudnut-Rindge; 4 TLS John Ihlder-Rindge; 1 TLS Cleveland Rodgers-Rindge	1944
I.22.w.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Naum Gabo 30 items incl. autographed statement by Naum Gabo; memos, corresp. re: lecture at MoMA	1948
I.22.x.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Docents 8 items incl. corresp., memos	1948-1949
I.22.y.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Edith Sitwell 3/8" incl. press release; clipping; MoMA invitation for Façade 1949; transcript of opening remarks by Sir Osbert (draft and revised version); order of program; budget; memos; 2 TL Lavinia Janes Sloan-Sir Osbert Sitwell, 1948; 1 TL MW-Pavel Tchelitchew, 1949; memo and program for performance of Lady Macbeth	1948-50
I.22.z.	Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Poetry Evenings 1 item incl. poster for “Five Evenings with Modern Poets” (Modern Poetry Series)	1950
I.23.	Legal Affairs ¼" incl. corresp. re: petition for increase in number of directors permitted by MoMA Charter; corresp. re: Grace Rainey Rogers Estate	1943-49
I.24.a.	Mailings, Correspondence ¼" incl. corresp. with American Artists' Congress; blurb on the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts and trip to Europe with Hofmann; corresp. with the United States Post Office	1934-40
I.24.b.	Mailings, Correspondence 5/8" incl. corresp. with the United States Post Office)	1934-40
I.25.	Members' Complaints The Museum of Modern Art 5/8" incl. Allen Porter and Frances Hawkins responses to members re: complaints	1946-55
I.26.	Members, Correspondence with 3/8" incl. 1 TLS Helen Keller; corresp. with members	1951-63
I.27.	Modern Architecture: Chicago1870-1970 “Sears, Roebuck & Co.,” ¼" Note: MoMA Exh. #23, 1933 January 18-February 23; incl. ARB corresp.	1932-33
I.28.	Municipal Art Committee ½" incl. corresp.	1935-39
I.29.	National War Poster Competition 3 items Note: MoMA Exh. #207, 1942 November 25-1943 January 3; incl. memos; corresp.	1942
I.30.	Norman Bel Geddes: War Maneuver Models 1 item Note: MoMA Exh. #250, 1944 January 26-March 5; incl. exh. brochure	1944
I.31.	Officers and Committees, The Museum of Modern Art 2 items incl. list and covering memo	1956
I.32.	Personnel: Office Manager 1 item incl. 1 memo	1944
I.33.	Publications Department Reports ¼" incl. list of MoMA publications 1929-39; annual reports 1937-38 (2 copies), 1936-37, 1935-36, 1934	1936-37
I.34.	Religious Art 4 items incl. 1 ALS Meyer Schapiro-Beatrice Reinfeld, 1942	1940-42
I.34.x.	Special Events Note: for documentation on Special Events, see “Lectures and Special Events”.
I.35.a.	Staff Manual Financing 14 items	1974
I.35.b.	Staff Manual Architecture and Design 1 item incl. statement by Arthur Drexler re: department's programs and history	1973
I.35.c.	Staff Manual Building Operations 1 item incl. statement	(1974)
I.35.d.	Staff Manual Department of Film 4 items incl. statement	1973
I.35.e.	Staff Manual Department of Photography 2 items incl. statements of policies	(1973)
I.35.f.	Staff Manual Department of Publications 1 item incl. statement on department's history and development	1974
I.36.a.	Staff Manual Memos 3/8" incl. memos re: 1960 manual; histories of the Departments of Architecture and Design and Photography; comparative statement re: group visits, 1958-60, 1 TLS “Bob” (Department of Fine Arts, Middlebury College, Middlebury Vt.)-Helen Franc, 1962; 1 TL Franc-“Bob”, 1962	1958-62
I.36.b.	Staff Manual Manual 10 items incl. 1 TL to Richard E. Oldenburg; 1 memo Helen Franc-Richard H. Koch; outline; excerpt from 1960 July 27 minutes re: staff manual; suggestions from staff for in-house education programs; sample questionnaire	1960
I.36.c.	Staff Manual Manual 7 items incl. outline	1960
I.37.a.	Staff Manual Department of Architecture and Design 3 items incl. statement	1952
I.37.b.	Staff Manual Museum Building 8 items incl. statement on history	1952
I.37.c.	Staff Manual Circulating Exhibitions 5 items incl. statement on programs	1952
I.37.d.	Staff Manual Education 5 items incl. brochure, “The Museum of Modern Art Educational Project, Membships and Services”; statement on function and programs; memo, Victor D'Amico-JEA, 1940	1940, 1952
I.37.e.	Staff Manual Director's Office 2 items incl. description of functions	1952
I.37.f.	Staff Manual Exhibitions 9 items incl. outline of responsibilities	1952
I.37.g.	Staff Manual Front Desk 2 items incl. description of operations	1952
I.37.h.	Staff Manual Library 8 items incl. statement of policies, services, and “Resources and Services of the Museum of Modern Art Library” 1948 Spring	1952
I.37.i.	Staff Manual Museum Collections 8 items incl. history of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Print Room, description of loan procedures; memo Dorothy C. Miller-staff re: paintings in offices	1952
I.37.j.	Staff Manual Office Administration 14 items incl. description of responsibilities	1952
I.37.k.	Staff Manual Organization, Committees Chart, Trustees 7 items incl. statements, by-laws as amended 1950 November 16	1952
I.37.l.	Department of Painting and Sculpture 4 items incl. lists of responsibilities and programs	1952
I.37.m.	Staff Manual Publications Department 3 items incl. statement on history and function	1952
I.37.n.	Staff Manual Department of Photography 3 items	1952
I.37.o.	Staff Manual Production 3 items incl. statement of responsibilities	1952
I.37.p.	Staff Manual Registrar Department 8 items incl. memos, statement on function	1952
I.38.	A Survey of the Archives of Modern Art 5/8" Note: the project, required by the MoMA/PASTA contract, was initiated by John B. Hightower. Pearl Moeller was Archivist of the project. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Noble Foundation provided funding for the project for the period 1971 October-1972 September.	1961-72
I.39.	Theatre Art Department Proposal 1 item	1937
I.40.a.	World War II See also, Armed Services Program (I.3), Art Sale for the Armed Services (I.5), National War Poster Competition(MoMA Exh. #207, 1942 November 25-1943 January 3) (I.29), and “Problems of Post-War Planning” (I.22.v.). Air Raid Precautions and War Activities 1" incl. corresp., memos, press release re: Armed Services Program	1941-42
I.40.b.	World War II Air Raid Precautions and War Activities 2 items, 18 sheets incl. procedures and instructions	1941, 1951

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Series II. Latin-American Program

26 filing units Note: for additional material on “Contracts” see Addendum
Folder	Title	Date
II.1.	Artists File ¼" incl. Luis de Zulueta, Jr. memos re: Rockefeller Foundation grant for Latin-American Artists File; corresp. (Spanish)	1943
II.2.	Contract (Original) - OEMcr-8 Brazilian Scholarship ¼" incl. original signed agreement between United States Center for Inter-American Affairs (CIAA) and MoMA; 1 ALS T. D'Amico-Ione Ulrich, 1943; corresp., memos re: scholarship; schedule re: payments	1941-43
II.3.a.	Contract - Latin-American Informational Exhibits Contract (Original) - OR-1158 4 items incl. corresp. with the office of Inter-American Affairs re: correction to original contract and copy of contract	1942
II.3.b.	Contract - Latin-American Informational Exhibits The Americas Cooperate 13 items Note: MoMA Exh. #198, 1942 September 20-October 18; incl. vouchers; MW corresp. and memos; press release	1942
II.4.a.	>Contract OEMcr-42, Latin American Art (C/E 1941-42, Pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Art) 3/8" incl. press release; transcript of lecture by Nathalie Herman re: Colonial Art of Latin America; “Pre-Columbian Art of Latin America” by Herbert J. Spinden	1941-42
II.4.b.	>Contract OEMcr-42, Latin American Art (C/E 1941-42, Pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Art) 1" incl. vouchers, ledger sheets, memos, corresp. and itineraries	1942-43
II.5.	Contract (Original) OEMcr-42 - Nine Circulating Exhibitions 2 items	1941
II.6.	Contract OEM2a-2055 - New Architecture - Cairo 5 items incl. original signed contract	1943
II.7.a.	Contract (Original) OEMcr-319: Ten 2-reel subjects (Julien Bryan) 13 items incl. corresp.; 1 TLS NAR-Karl G. Macdonald	1943
	Contract (Original) OEMcr-319: Ten 2-reel subjects (Julien Bryan) 5/8" incl. vouchers; corresp.	1944
II.8.a.	Contract OIAAc-11 (Six Multiple Exhibitions and Six Maps) ½" incl. shipping instructions; JEA corresp., memos, contract draft	1944-46
II.8.b.	Contract OIAAc-11 (Six Multiple Exhibitions and Six Maps) 3/4" incl. Ione Ulrich corresp. re: photopanels for circulating exhibition re: U.S. Schools and Life and Illustrated Maps on the Land, Industries, and People for CIAA; vouchers; poster re: Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act	1944-47
II.9.	CIAA Latin-America Pamphlets 1" incl. “Preliminary Listing of Publications Dealing with Latin America Issued by the Agencies of the United States Government During the Past Five Years”	1941
II.9a.	CIAA Charts to Latin American Literature M. UNK D. UNK UNK F. Jamieson List of UNK to be UNK into UNK	1942
II.10.	CIAA Latin-American Project 1/8" incl. MW corresp. re: Latin-American publications, “Report No. 1” and “Report No. 3” by Lewis Hanke; clipping re: Carleton Sprague Smith's South American tour	1943
II.11.	Government Projects 3/8" incl. MoMA constitution Article II; list of MoMA activities in relation to Latin America; corresp. with the Center for Inter-American Affairs (CIAA); bulletin, “The Museum and The War”; budget ledger sheets	1943-44
II.12.	Government Work 28 items incl. vouchers, 5 TL Ione Ulrich-Porter A. McCray; 7 TLS McCray-Ulrich; 1 TLS Ulrich-RDH; 1 TL Ulrich-RDH (CIAA)	1942
II.13.	Inter-American Development Commission 1" incl. agenda for Executive Meeting, 1946 January 22; “Schedule of Cultural Projects” 1941; Minutes of the Advisory Committee on Art, Division of Cultural Cooperation Department of State, 1944 May 26 and 27; memo re: Brazil Builds(C/E 1942-45), 1944 March 22; RDH corresp. with M.D. Carrel (Project Director); Wallace K. Harrison (Office of Inter-American Affiars); Porter McCray (National Gallery of Art)	1941-46
II.14.	Inter-American Escadrille, Inc. 6 items incl. memos re: rental of 9-11 West 54th Street	1942
II.15.a.	Inter-American Fund Purchases made by Lincoln Kirstein on trip ½" incl. receipts, reviews of artists and report on trip to Argentina, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay	1942
II.15.b.	Inter-American Fund Lincoln Kirstein, Expenses 3/8" incl. memos; corresp.	1942
II.16.	Inter-American House 20 items incl. AHB corresp. re: insurance of works loaned to Council of National Defense and Inter-American House	1941
II.17.	Latin-American Art Committee, John E. Abbott, Expenses ½" incl. corresp.; memos; 1 telegram, AHB-Candido Portinari, 1941; 2 telegrams JEA-Grace L. McAnn Morley, 1940	1940-44
II.18.a	Latin-American Conference Correspondence, Minutes 3/4" Note: Conference took place at MoMA, 1945 May 28-31. Incl. “Resolutions and Recommendations of the Conference on Studies in Latin-American Art”; corresp. with participants AHB, Wendell Bennett, William Berrien, Holger Cahill, Stanton Catlin, Jean Charlot, John McAndrew, Kenneth Conant, Miguel Covarrubias, Margaret D. Garrett, Philip Goodwin, Lewis Hanke, Melville J. Herskovitz, Alfred V. Kidder, George Kubler, Waldo G. Leland, Grace L. McCann Morley, Milton C. Nahm, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Ruth Reeves, Daniel Catton Rich, Laurence Schmeckebier, Robert C. Smith, Herbert J. Spinden, David Stevens, Elizabeth Wilder, Mitchell Wilder, Nathalie H. Zimmern; Minutes of the Organizing Committee of Conference on Latin-American Art, 1944; Minutes of Executive Session of the Joint Committee on Latin-American Studies; Agenda for Meeting of Joint Committee on Latin-American Studies, 1944 September 8-9	1944-45
II.18.b.	Latin-American Conference Correspondence ¾" incl. “Foreword” by RDH for “Proceedings of the Conference on Latin-American Studies”, 1949; RDH corresp. with R. S. Boggs (Ralph Steele), Alfred V. Kidder, Alfred L. Kroeber, George A. Kubler, John McAndrew, Porter McCray (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), Henry Allen Moe (John Simon Guggenheim Foundation), Grace L. McCann Morley, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Robert C. Smith, Herbert J. Spinden, Elizabeth Wilder, George C. Vaillant; 1 TL Lincoln Kirstein-RDH, 1945; 2 TLS Erwin Panofsky-RDH, 1945	1944-47
II.18.c.	Latin-American Conference Member's Statements 3/8" incl. RDH corresp.; transcripts of speeches by AHB, Jean Charlot, Alfred V. Kidder, George Kubler, John McAndrew, Melville J. Herskovitz, Grace L. McCann Morley, Milton C. Nahm, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Daniel Catton Rich, Robert C. Smith, Mitchell A. Wilder; 1 TLS Jean Charlot-RDH, 1945; 1 TLS Erwin Panofsky-RDH, 1945	1948
II.19.	Latin American Film Committee, NAR, John Hay Whitney 1/8" incl. receipts; corresp.; memos	1942
II.20.	Latin-American Purchase Fund: Book Bills 3/8" incl. vouchers; receipts; corresp.	1943
II.21.a.	Latin-American Project Exposition d'Arte Contemporanea See also, Circulating Exhibitions Record Group for report on exhibition. Checklists and press releases ½"	1941
II.21.b.	Latin-American Project Exposition d'Arte Contemporanea Publicity Reports ½" incl. remarks of JEA, 1941 Feb. 28; Metropolitan Museum of Art brochure	1941
II.22.a.	Lists 1" incl. “The Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals”, press releases	1942-45
II.22.b.	Lists ½" incl. lists of Latin-American visitors to MoMA; 1 TLS Carleton Sprague Smith-RDH, 1945; 1 TL RDH-Daniel Catton Rich, 1946	1942-45
II.23.	Manual Industries 1" incl. 3 ALS Florence Dibell Bartlett-RDH, 1946; proposals for manual industries program in Haiti; 1 TLS Lincoln Kirstein-RDH, 1946; RDH corresp. with George W. Gay, 1946; corresp. with Kenneth G. Holland (Office of Inter-American Affairs), 1946; RDH and NAR corresp. with Boaz Long (United States Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board); essay, “Present Ceramic Art of Peru” by Guillermo Schmidt Pizarro	1946, 1948
II.24.	Memberships, Complimentary 3/4" incl. corresp. re: memberships given by NAR to people involved in effort to establish cultural ties with Latin America	1946
II.25.	Minutes of the Continuation Committee of the Conference on Inter-American Relations in the Field of Art 1 item	1940, 1941
II.26.	Grace L. McCann Morley Report 3/8" incl. Minutes of the Advisory Art Committee of the Office of the Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Relations between the American Republics; “Preliminary Report on Exhibitions of United States Art in South America and Cuba” by Morley, 1941; 1 TLS Morley-Teresa Cuervo Borda (French), 10 TLS Morley-JEA; 2 autographed notes Morley-JEA; 3 TLS Morley-Stanton Catlin; 1 ALS Morley-Catlin	1941