Public Information scrapbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Public Information
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The scrapbooks were compiled by the Museum's Publicity Department, later the Department of Public Information. Portions of the scrapbooks were placed on microfiche in 1973. The volumes were remicrofilmed in 1994-1995 under a grant from NEH. The Museum of Modern Art lent the microfilm of the scrapbooks to the Archives of American Art for duplication in 1996.
creator: label: Creator
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Public Information
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Public Information was formerly the Publicity Department.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.musemasb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 5055-5098 available for use only at the Archives of American Art's New York Regional Center and through interlibrary loan, and by appointment at the Museum of Modern Art Archives.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Microfilmed by the Museum of Modern Art Archives New York, New York 1994-1995: 44 reels
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: the Museum of Modern Art Archives.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 212 scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings concerning the Museum of Modern Art from its opening in 1929 through the mid 1970's. Included are accounts of exhibitions shown at the museum and circulated elsewhere; museum programs; personnel; policies; department changes; building renovations and expansions; parties and benefits; fund-raising campaigns; anniversaries; lectures; concerts; symposia; film series; visits by dignitaries; trustee appointments; and reviews of staff publications.