HISTORICAL NOTE
The Department of Decorative Arts was established in 1949 to collect, preserve, exhibit, and act as an informational source for three-dimensional objects used in architectural, residential, and personal environments. In addition, the Department maintained the museum's wallpaper pattern collections (until the creation of a separate Department of Wallpapers in 1976). Box 1 of 3
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Revised: May 19, 2006 DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
These records chiefly document the administration of Janet Thorpe, Assistant
Curator, 1967-1969, and Associate Curator, 1969-1973, and Catherine Lynn
Frangiamore, Assistant Curator, 1969-1974. Also, included are materials
concerning Thomas E. Lennox, Assistant Curator, 1964-1967; J. Stewart Johnson,
Curator, 1974-1976; and David R. McFadden, Curator, 1978-____. Records include
correspondence with donors concerning gifts to the museum and with interested
persons concerning the wallpaper pattern collections; materials concerning the
Carnegie Mansion, staff meetings, student intern researchers, and exhibitions;
photographs; and chronological files, 1967-1974.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1.
ADMINISTRATIVE FILES, 1967-1978. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY SUBJECT.
SERIES 2.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1967-1978.
SERIES 3.
CHRONOLOGICAL FILES, 1968-1974.
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