George Seybolt papers relating to the Museum Trustee Association
name: label: Creator
content: Seybolt, George Crossan, 1914-1993
label: Creator
content: Museum Trustee Association
label: Names
content: American Association of Museums. Museum Trustee Committee
label: Names
content: American Association of Museums. Museum Trustee Committee for Research and Development
label: Names
content: Seybolt, George Crossan, 1914-1993
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by George C. Seybolt in 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Seybolt, George Crossan, 1914-1993
label: Creator
content: Museum Trustee Association
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Seybolt was a food industry executive, museum trustee, and founder of the Museum Trustee Association from Boston, Mass. Born 1914. Died 1993. George Seybolt, president of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was instrumental in founding the Museum Trustee Association, an advisory and discussion group whose purpose was to provide trustees of all museums with regular meetings and a means of influencing the deliberations of the American Association of Museums (now the American Alliance of Museums) through independent recommendations. It is no longer part of the AAM.The Museum Trustee Association (MTA) was originally the Museum Trustee Committee, American Association of Museums (AAM), and then the Museum Trustee Committee for Research and Development, AAM.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- United States
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1970]-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.seybgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Records kept by George C. Seybolt in his capacity as chairman of the Museum Trustee Committee, American Association of Museums (AAM); chairman, Museum Trustee Committee for Research and Development, AAM; and founding chairman of the Museum Trustee Association. Included are files containing correspondence, reports, by-laws, minutes of meeetings, and printed material.