Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
name: label: Collection Creator
content: McLanathan, Richard B. K.
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content: Richard McLanathan papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet (Boxes 14-16)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1946-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mclarich, Series 5
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Administrative correspondence and papers, writings, printed material, and photographs document the various roles McLanathan held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), which included assistant curator of paintings (1946-1948), secretary of the museum (1949-1956), editor of museum publications (1952-1957), and curator of sculpture and decorative arts (1954-1957). The series includes files pertaining to the museum's collections, exhibitions and radio program, Open House, directed by McLanathan, as well as notes and papers from an art history course that McLanathan taught while working at MFA, papers concerning medieval enameling techniques, and photographs of artwork.