Newly Available Holdings at The Metropolitan Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives is pleased to announce that the Durr Friedley Records, 1906-1918, and the William Church Osborn Records, 1904-1953, have been recently processed and are now open for scholarly research.

Durr Friedley Records, 1906-1918 - Durr Friedley was a staff member of the Department of Decorative Arts of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1911 until 1917, serving as an assistant, Assistant Curator and Acting Curator. Records consist primarily of correspondence regarding prospective Museum acquisitions. Items of special interest include letters concerning the Museum's acquisition of early American colonial furnishings, later displayed in the American Wing.
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William Church Osborn Records, 1904-1953 - William Church Osborn was a longtime trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art who also served as the institution's Vice President, President and Honorary President. Records consist primarily of correspondence regarding all aspects of Museum operations including acquisitions, exhibitions, fundraising, buildings and trustee affairs.
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Please send requests for access, along with a brief summary of the research project, an outline of sources already consulted and a curriculum vitae or resume to archives@metmuseum.org.

-- Melissa Bowling, Assistant Archivist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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