Mead Art Museum Records, 1874-present (Bulk: 1946-present)
2 records storage boxes, 4 archives boxes, 3 half archives boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 oversize folder (5.6 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
There is no restriction on access to the Mead Art Museum Records for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Professor Charles H. Morgan of the College's Fine Arts Department was responsible for developing the museum's original art collection. He became the museum's first director in 1948, a position which he held for twenty years.
The Mead Art Museum building was constructed in 1948-49 on the site of the Stearns Church (the Stearns Church spire was retained). Construction was financed by gift from William R. Mead (AC 1867) and directed by the college architect, James Kellum Smith, in collaboration with Professor Morgan. Originally the Mead facility served as both a venue for displaying works of art and a teaching facility with offices and studio space.
As the Fine Arts Department evolved, it shifted its curriculum slightly away from the scholarly study of art and towards the creation of art in the studio. As early as the 1970s Mead's studio facilities became obsolete. In 1985 the college planned a major renovation and extension of the museum, but these plans were postponed; the Arts department relied instead on the use of the Fayerweather building for studio space. Finally, in 1999, when it was apparent that Mead's facilities were inadequate to even preserve its existing collection, the College began an ambitious renovation project. The interior of the building was completely gutted, offices and studios made way for display and storage space, and state-of-the-art climate control and security systems were installed to protect the collection. The museum reopened in March 2001.
The collection contains correspondence, research notes, news clippings, guest books, exhibition catalogues, monographs, press releases, and photographs relating to Amherst College's Mead Art Museum. The bulk of the collection relates to the Armory Show Retrospective of 1958. The collection also contains numerous exhibition catalogues, dating from 1946 to the present.
This collection is organized into five series:
There is no restriction on access to the Mead Art Museum Records for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Mead Art Museum Records [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library
Accession number: 97-086
| Processed: | 1986 summer |
| By: | Patricia Keyes, Intern |
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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 Phone: (413) 542-2299 Fax: (413) 542-2692 Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives |
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Series 1: The 1913 Armory Show in Retrospect,
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1957-1964
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Series 1, The 1913 Armory Show in Retrospect, 1957-1964: This material consists primarily of correspondence related to the organization and administration of the exhibition, including requests for the loan of artwork. The Armory Show Retrospective, arranged by the Mead Art Museum in February 1958, was the most ambitious one undertaken by the Amherst College Fine Arts Department to date. It was organized by Professor Frank Anderson Trapp, comprised 60 works of art, most of them borrowed from other institutions and from private collections. Research notes and administrative details for the preparation of the exhibition and related publications are also included in this series. Of special interest are forty letters from two family members, an art historian, and artists whose works were included in the original 1913 Armory Show and were also a part of the 45th anniversary retrospective at Amherst College. These have been placed in two folders. Correspondence subsequent to the opening of the exhibitions, particularly that of other institutions that later organized Armory Show retrospectives, is also contained in the collection. In addition, the collection includes photocopies of the exhibition catalogues from the original Armory Show and a copy of one of the posters. |
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The Armory Show and Contemporary American Art by Kendall Birr
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder A
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Budget
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1957 May-Jun
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Box ARM-1: folder 1
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The Catalogue
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1859 Feb-Mar
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Box ARM-1: folder 2
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Artist's profiles - Typescript
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 3
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Artist's profiles - Typescript
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 4a
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Introduction - Typescript
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 5
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Preparation - Data on Artwork
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 6
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Preparation - Data on Artwork
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 7
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Printer's Proofs, Layouts
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 8
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Catalogues of Other Armory Show Retrospectives
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n.d.
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Box ARM-1: folder 9
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Correspondence/Administration
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1857 Mar-1858 Mar
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Box ARM-1: folder 10-16
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Correspondence/Administration
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1957 Jun-1958 Nov
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Box ARM-2: folder 1
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Correspondence/Administration
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1958 APRM-1959 May
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Box ARM-2: folder 1a
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Gift Catalogue Acknowledgements
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1958 Mar-Jun
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Box ARM-2: folder 2
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Inquiries, Catalogue Orders, Sales
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1958 Feb-1964 Mar
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Box ARM-2: folder 3
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Refusals
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1957 May-1958 Jan
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Box ARM-2: folder 4
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Thank You Letters to Lenders
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1958 Feb-Apr
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Box ARM-2: folder 5
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With Artists and Artists' Families
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1957 May-1958 Nov
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Box ARM-2: folder 6
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With Artists and Artists' Families
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1957 May-1958 Nov
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Box ARM-2: folder 7
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With journalists, publicity
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1961 Nov-1963 Sep
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Box ARM-2: folder 8
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Lecturers and Visiting Artists
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1957 Oct-1958 Feb
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Box ARM-2: folder 9
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Course Work for Students
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1958 Jan
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Box ARM-2: folder 10
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Course Work for Students
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1958 Jan
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Box ARM-2: folder 11
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Insurance
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1958 Jan-Feb
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Box ARM-2: folder 12
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List of works in exhibition and of lenders
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n.d.
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Box ARM-2: folder 13
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute 50th Anniversary Retrospective
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n.d.
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Box ARM-2: folder 14
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News clippings
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n.d.
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Box ARM-2: folder 15
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The Opening Reception, Invitations, Attendants
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n.d.
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Box ARM-2: folder 16
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Original (1913) Show - Photostats of documents
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n.d.
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Box ARM-2: folder 17
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Professor Trapp's notes
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n.d.
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Box ARM-2: folder 18
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Research for Catalogue Preparation
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1957 Oct-1958 Jul
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Box ARM-2: folder 19
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Slides of artwork (digitized on 4 CDs)
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1958 Feb
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Box ARM-2: folder 19a
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Transportation - Arrivals - Receipts
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1958 Jan-Feb
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Box ARM-2: folder 20
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Transportation - Returning Art Work
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1958 Jan-Apr
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Box ARM-3: folder 1
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Transportation - Shipping: Receipts, Insurance
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1958 Jan-Feb
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Box ARM-3: folder 2
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News clipping - Amherst Student (Dummy)
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1958 Feb 20
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Box ARM-3: folder 3
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Control Cards for Art Objects
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n.d.
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Box ARM-3: folder 4
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Photocopies of Original 1913 Armory Show Catalogues
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n.d.
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Box ARM-3: folder 5
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Opening Reception - RSVP Cards
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n.d.
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Box ARM-3: folder 6
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Opening Reception - RSVP Cards
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n.d.
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Box ARM-3: folder 7
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Photostatic Copy of the Original Armory Show Poster. Poster in Map Case 3, Drawer 6
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1958 Feb 27
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Box ARM-3: folder 8
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Series 2: Art Gallery Guest Books,
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1874-1879, 1970-1980
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Series 2, Art Gallery Guest Books, 1874-1879, 1970-1980, record visitor entries to the museum galleries. Arranged chronologically. |
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1874-79
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Box GBK-1: folder 1
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Mead
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1970 Nov 30-1972 Mar 22
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Box GBK-1: folder 2
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Mead
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1977 Feb 28-1978 Apr
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Box GBK-1: folder 3
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Mead
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1978 APRM-1979 May
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Box GBK-1: folder 4
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Mead
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1979 Jun-1980 Dec
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Box GBK-1: folder 5
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Series 3: Exhibit Catalogues,
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1946-1993
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Series 3, Exhibition Catalogues, 1946-1993, consists of major publications listing, describing and interpreting works of art featured in Mead exhibitions. (See also Series 5, Printed Material, for smaller exhibition catalogues.) |
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Iwa Yoruba (3 copies)
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n. d.
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Box CAT-1: folder 1
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American Impressionists from the Amherst College Collection (2 copies)
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n. d.
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Box CAT-1: folder 2
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Images of the End of Days (2 copies)
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n. d.
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Box CAT-1: folder 3
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Traditions in Islamic Weaving
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n. d.
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Box CAT-1: folder 4
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The Herbert L. Pratt Collection (2 copies)
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1946
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Box CAT-1: folder 5
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Benjamin West: His Times and His Influence (4 copies)
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1950 May 9-30
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Box CAT-1: folder 6
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The 1913 Armory Show: In Retrospect
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1958 Feb 17-Mar 17
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Box CAT-1: folder 7
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XXth Century European Painting (3 copies)
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1958 Nov13-Dec 2
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Box CAT-1: folder 8
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The Lost Portraits of Thomas Jefferson, Painted by Gilbert Stuart; Recovered and Studied by Orland and Courtney Campbell (3 copies)
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1959 Jun 12-30
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Box CAT-1: folder 9
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Art of the Twentieth Century, Collected by James S. and Dorothy Schramm (3 copies)
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1961 Oct 27-Nov 19
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Box CAT-1: folder 10
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A Study Collection of Italian Paintings - The Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to Amherst College (4 copies)
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1961
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Box CAT-1: folder 11
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The Amherst Family Portraits (4 copies)
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1967 Oct 23-Nov 12
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Box CAT-1: folder 12
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Collegial Collectors: American Art from the Class of 1967 (2 copies)
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1992 May 15-June 7
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Box CAT-1: folder 13
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The Spirit Carvers: Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
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1971 Apr 21-May 21
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Box CAT-1: folder 14
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Selections from the Amherst College Collections - The Sesquicentennial Exhibition
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1971 Oct 1-24
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Box CAT-1: folder 15
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Color Painting: A Special Loan Exhibition (2 copies)
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1972 Feb 4-Mar 3
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Box CAT-1: folder 16
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The Amherst Sesquicentennial Exhibition (3 copies)
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1972 Mar 22-Apr 8
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Box CAT-1: folder 17
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George Wesley Bellows
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1972 Nov 1-20
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Box CAT-1: folder 18
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Cowboys, Indians, Trappers & Traders
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1973 Feb 1-28
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Box CAT-1: folder 19
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American Folk Art Exhibition
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1974 Oct 1-30
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Box CAT-1: folder 20
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New New England Houses (2 copies)
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1976
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Box CAT-1: folder 21
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American Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection at the Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College
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1978
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Box CAT-1: folder 22
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The Glass of Rene Lalique: The Magriel Collection (2 copies)
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1979 Feb 6-Mar 6
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Box CAT-1: folder 23
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Sculptures and Drawings by Fumio Yoshimura (2 copies)
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1979 Mar 29-Apr 29
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Box CAT-1: folder 24
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Invention and Tradition: Selected Works from the Julia A. Whitney Foundation and the Thomas P. Whitney Collection of Modernist Russian Art; essay and catalogue of the exhibition (2 copies)
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1980
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Box CAT-1: folder 25
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American Figure Drawings: The Paul Magriel Collection (3 copies)
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1980 Feb 8-Mar 10
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Box CAT-1: folder 26
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Women Artists, 1600-1980: Selections from Five College Collections (2 copies)
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1980 Mar 12-Apr 21
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Box CAT-1: folder 27
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From the Land of the Snows: Buddhist Art of Tibet (4 copies)
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1984 Oct 3-Nov 15
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Box CAT-1: folder 28
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American Drawings and Watercolors from Amherst College (2 copies)
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1985-1987
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Box CAT-1: folder 29
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Peter Blume: The Italian Drawings (2 copies)
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1985 Nov 1-Dec 1
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Box CAT-1: folder 30
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Images of Aleksei Remizov: Drawings and Hand-Illustrated Albums from the Thomas P. Whitney Collection (2 copies)
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1985
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Box CAT-1: folder 31
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Rules of the Game: Culture Defining Gender (2 copies)
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1986 Jan 16-Feb 17
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Box CAT-1: folder 32
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Time and Defiance of Gravity: Recent Works by Wendell Castle (3 copies)
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1986 Oct 1-Nov 2
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Box CAT-1: folder 33
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The Art of the Sepik River Peoples from the Friede Collection
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1986 Mar 25-Apr 14
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Box CAT-1: folder 34
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American Landscapes in the Wake of French Impressionism (2 copies)
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1986 Oct 1-Nov 9
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Box CAT-1: folder 35
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An Alumnus Collects (2 copies)
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1986 Nov 12-Dec 15
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Box CAT-1: folder 36
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Anneke van Brussel: Contemporary Dutch Watercolors (2 copies)
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1987
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Box CAT-1: folder 37
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Willar Boepple: Sculpture (2 copies)
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1988 Apr 21-May 22
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Box CAT-1: folder 38
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Progressive Geometric Abstraction in America: Selections from the Peter B. Fischer Collection (2 copies)
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1988 Mar 31-May 1
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Box CAT-1: folder 39
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Delacroix and the Romantic Image: Oriental Themes, Wild Beasts, and The Hunt
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1988 Oct 12-Nov 12
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Box CAT-1: folder 40
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The Grand Tradition: British Art from Amherst College
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1988-1989
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Box CAT-1: folder 41
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Representing Revolution: French and British Images, 1789-1804
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1989 Sept 15-Nov 1
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Box CAT-2: folder 1
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American Modernism from Amherst and Williams Colleges (2 copies)
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1989 Oct 20-Dec 17
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Box CAT-2: folder 2
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The Rediscovery of Jared French (2 copies)
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1992
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Box CAT-2: folder 3
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Fairfield Porter: An American Painter (2 copies)
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1993 Oct 29-Dec 24
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Box CAT-2: folder 4
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Porkopolis: Sue Coe's Jungle (3 copies)
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1993 Feb 5-Mar 21
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Box CAT-2: folder 5
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The Canadian Painters Eleven (1953-1960) (2 copies)
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1994 Feb 26-Apr 24
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Box CAT-2: folder 6
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Rescuers of the Holocaust: Portraits by Gay Block (4 copies)
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1995 Jan 13-Feb 26
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Box CAT-2: folder 7
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For Beauty and for Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life (2 copies)
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1998 Feb 27-Apr 26
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Box CAT-2: folder 8
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The World Opened Wide: 20th Century Russian Women Artists from the Collection of Thomas P. Whitney '37
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2001 Mar 2-May 13
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Box CAT-2: folder 9
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The Myth and Madness of Ophelia
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2001 Oct 26-Dec 16
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Box CAT-2: folder 10
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Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes
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2003 Sept 9-Dec 18
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Box CAT-2: folder 11
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CLOTH ONLY WEARS TO SHREDS: Yoruba Textiles and Photographs from the Beier Collection
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2004 Feb 5-May16
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Box CAT-2: folder 12
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The Pain of War
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2004 Oct-Dec
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Box CAT-2: folder 13
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Town and Country: Modern Life in America
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2005 Jan-May
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Box CAT-2: folder 14
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The Empress Josephine
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2005 Sep-Dec
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Box CAT-2: folder 15
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Some Assembly Required: Cumulative Visions (June Ahrens, Elisa D'Arrigo, Carol Hepper, Nene Humphrey, Rebecca Smith)
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2006 Jan-May
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Box CAT-2: folder 16
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George Bellows: A Ringside Seat
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2006 Sep
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Box CAT-2: folder 17
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Series 4: Monographs,
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1979-1989
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Series 4, Monographs, 1979-1989, is a collection of book-length publications on Mead collections of a certain period, country, or style. Arranged chronologically. |
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The Classical Collection at Amherst College
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1979
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Box MG-1: folder 1
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The Temptation of Saint Anthony (2 copies)
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1980
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Box MG-1: folder 2
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Decorative Arts at Amherst College (2 copies)
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1981-1982
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Box MG-1: folder 3
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Masterworks of European Sculpture (2 copies)
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1983
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Box MG-1: folder 4
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Nineteenth-Century American Art (2 copies)
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1985
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Box MG-1: folder 5
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British Art (2 copies)
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1985-1986
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Box MG-1: folder 6
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British Art (2 copies)
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1985-1986
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Box MG-1: folder 7
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French Art (2 copies)
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1987-1988
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Box MG-1: folder 8
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French Art (2 copies)
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1987-1988
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Box MG-1: folder 9
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Italian-Netherlandish Paintings
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1989
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Box MG-1: folder 10
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Language as Object: Emily Dickinson and Contemporary Art
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1997
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Box MG-1: folder 11
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The Artist's Eye, The Diviner's Insight: African Art in the Barry D. Maurer Collection by John Pemberton III
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1998
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Box MG-1: folder 12
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Series 5: Printed Material,
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1930s-present
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Series 5, Printed Material, 1930s-present, consists mainly of announcements and smaller catalogues of art exhibitions from the Mead's own collections (exhibited both at the Mead and at other museums) as well as from traveling exhibitions. Also included are a small number of press releases related to Mead exhibitions. Material is organized chronologically. (See also Series 3, Exhibition Catalogues.) |
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News clippings about art exhibitions
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1950s-1970s
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Box PRM-1: folder 1
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Printed material, external publications
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Box PRM-1: folder 2
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Morgan Hall Exhibitions
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n.d.
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Box PRM-1: folder 3
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1920s
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Box PRM-1: folder 4
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1930s
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Box PRM-1: folder 5
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1940s
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Box PRM-1: folder 6
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1950s
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Box PRM-1: folder 7
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1960s
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Box PRM-1: folder 8
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Press releases, Amherst College News Bureau
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1963-64
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Box PRM-1: folder 9
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1970s
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Box PRM-1: folder 10
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1970s
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Box PRM-1: folder 11
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1979
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Box PRM-1: folder 12
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1980s
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Box PRM-1: folder 13
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1980
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Box PRM-1: folder 14
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1981
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Box PRM-1: folder 15
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1982
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Box PRM-1: folder 16
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1983
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Box PRM-1: folder 17
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1984
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Box PRM-1: folder 18
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1985
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Box PRM-1: folder 19
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1986
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Box PRM-1: folder 20
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1988
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Box PRM-1: folder 21
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1990-91
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Box PRM-1: folder 22
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1994
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Box PRM-1: folder 23
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1995-96
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Box PRM-1: folder 24
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Exhibition labels for "Built and Unbuilt: AC Architecture" (97-086)
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1996 Fall
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Box PRM-1: folder 25
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Exhibition labels for "Built and Unbuilt: AC Architecture" (97-086) (cont'd)
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1996 Fall
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Box PRM-1: folder 26
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Exhibition labels for "Built and Unbuilt: AC Architecture" (97-086) (cont'd)
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1996 Fall
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Box PRM-1: folder 27
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1997-98
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Box PRM-1: folder 28
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Printed material, exhibitions
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1999
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Box PRM-2: folder 1
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2000
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Box PRM-2: folder 2
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2001
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Box PRM-2: folder 3
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2001
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Box PRM-2: folder 4
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2002
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Box PRM-2: folder 5
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2003
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Box PRM-2: folder 6
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2004
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Box PRM-2: folder 7
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"Mead Art Museum" by Trinkett Clark, in: American Art Review, special issue on the Western Massachusetts Art Trail
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2004 Jun
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Box PRM-2: folder 8
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2005
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Box PRM-2: folder 9
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Printed material, exhibitions
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2006
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Box PRM-2: folder 10
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Exhibition posters
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1970s-2000s
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Box MC-3: folder 6
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Mead Art Museum calendars
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2004, 2007
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Box OS-1: folder 1
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Mather Art Gallery poster
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n.d.
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Box OS-2: folder 1
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Printed material, oversize
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1934-1985, n.d.
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Box OS-2: folder 1
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Exhibition posters
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1960s-2000s, n.d.
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Box OS-1: folder 2-8
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