Membership. Correspondence, 1947-1950

File — Box: 163, Folder: 39

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

This sub-subseries consists of files pertaining to other methods of outreach the museum offered to encourage public attendance, documenting services available for visitors. Most of the membership material, which is the bulk of this sub-subseries, consists of correspondence with various individuals including W. Lawrence Saunders, who served as Chairman of the Membership Committee in the mid 1930s.

The museum offered its first Training Course in 1945 to qualified candidates to study and train from one to three years as preparation for careers in museums. The program did not begin until 1946 and continued for only two terms. The files consist of a variety of materials, including correspondence, course outlines, lecture notes, and submitted exams.

Dates

1947-1950

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Because of its fragile condition, the following item may only be consulted with permission of the Archivist: floor plan with annotations of PMA Gothic installations (in "Objects and related topics" series, "European decorative arts and arms and armor" subseries, "Rooms and architectural elements" sub-subseries, "England. Gothic installations at PMA, incl. Abergavenny, Wales" file).