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3. Records of the Curatorial Departments

 Record Group
Identifier: 3

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

American Art Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: AME
Abstract

The departmental files document the work of the American Art department, as well as related activities from the 1960s that predate its formal establishment. The American Art Department originated in 1973 with the impetus of America's up-coming Bicentennial and the Museum's Centennial celebrations.

Dates: circa 1965-1991

American Decorative Arts Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: ADA
Abstract

The American Decorative Arts Department Records include exhibition files, object files, correspondence, photographs, bibliographic records (on index cards), and other work by curators.

Dates: 1902-2003

Costume and Textiles Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: CT
Abstract

The Costume and Textiles Department Records consist of correspondence, datebooks, ephemera, exhibition records, and research notes by various curators through the years. There are also records pertaining to the annual Crystal Ball galas that were held from 1959 to 1976, including the bicentennial affair.

Dates: 1920-1986

Decorative Arts Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: DEC
Abstract

The earliest Decorative Arts Department Records consist of the correspondence of Museum Committee member Alfred Coxe Prime. The other series document the work of curatorial staff; namely, Joseph Downs, Henry P. McIlhenny, Joan Prentice, and Calvin Hathaway, who each headed the department, respectively, from 1925 to 1973. Material consists of correspondence, subject files, research and exhibition records.

Dates: 1917-1978

Dutch Tiles Records

 Collection
Identifier: DT
Abstract

This collection consists of the records of Ella Schaap, Curatorial Associate for the Garvan Tiles Exhibition (later the Dutch Tiles Collection). The material, consisting of correspondence, reports and draft writings, primarily documents the exhibition and catalogue featuring the gift of Mrs. Francis P. [Mabel Brady] Garvan of more than 230 Dutch tiles to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1979-1984, undated

East Asian Art Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: EAA
Abstract

These records contain correspondence, research, institutional literature, and exhibition files from the East Asian Art Department.

Dates: 1991-2002

European Decorative Arts after 1700 Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: EDA
Abstract

Documentation in this record group begins approximately in 1974 when the museum designated a department of "European Decorative Arts after 1700." Most of the records were created or compiled by Kathryn Hiesinger, who has headed the curatorial department since its inception. The bulk of material pertains to two exhibitions, "The Second Empire: Art in France under Napoleon III" (1978), and "Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950" (1994).

Dates: 1976-1999

European Decorative Arts before 1700 Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: EDB
Abstract

This collection documents the activities of related to European Decorative Arts before 1700.

Dates: circa 1975-2003

Far Eastern Art Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: FAR
Abstract

These records describe the collecting activities and some exhibitions of the Far Eastern Art Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, now part of the East Asian Art Department.

Dates: 1924-1990

Former Departments Records

 Collection
Identifier: DEP
Abstract

This collection contains records of departments that no longer exist at the museum.

Dates: 1919-1936