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Audrey Hawthorn (MOA Curator) fonds
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Documentation of cultures

Subseries consists of material that documents cultures rather than specific objects which may be found in the museum’s collection. The records in this subseries primarily take the form of published material, but general reference material is also included. This subseries at one point also included Audrey Hawthorn’s reference photograph collection of ca. 4000 items: 35mm slides, various black and white prints and negatives. These items however have since been amalgamated with the MOA General Photograph Collection.

Collections

Series consists of material relating to the objects at MOA, how they were found, purchased, donated or otherwise acquired. Material relates to original owners of objects and, where appropriate, monies paid for pieces added to the collection. Series also relates to loaning of museum objects, borrowing of objects belonging to other people or organizations and any treatment items may have received. The series has been arranged chronologically by date within each subseries. The records in this series take the form of the ledgers correspondence, memos, receipts, borrower’s agreements, photographs, and newspaper clippings, notes, negatives, invoices, ephemera, student papers, memoranda and plans.

The series is arranged into eight subseries:
Subseries A: Planning
Subseries B: Acquisitions and Documentation
Subseries C: Documentation of Cultures
Subseries D: Preservation/Conservation and Storage
Subseries E: Insurance
Subseries F: Deaccessioning
Subseries G: Loans In
Subseries H: Loans Out

Audrey Hawthorn (MOA Curator) fonds

  • 35
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1991, predominant 1947-1978

Fonds consists of records generated by Audrey Hawthorn in her positions as curator of the Museum of Anthropology.

The fonds is arranged into ten series:

1 - General
2 - Finances
3 - Human Resources
4 - Facilities and Services
5 - Collections
6 - Exhibitions
7 - Public Programmes
8 - School Programmes
9 - Teaching/Training/Research
10 - External Relations

These series are further divided into various subseries. The records include, but are not limited to, correspondence between Audrey Hawthorn and a variety of donors, scholars, and other parties associated with the museum; materials documenting collections acquisitions and loans; and records relating to visible storage, and the planning and development of the new museum building. There is extensive documentation concerning the acquisition, development and maintenance of the museum collections. The fonds also includes records of Harry Hawthorn, who formally held the position of Director of the museum, during much of his wife’s tenure as Curator, though often it was Audrey Hawthorn who took on the responsibilities of the directorship. Records in this fonds take the form of correspondence, memoranda, ephemera, newspaper clippings, photographs, sketches, plans slides financial documents, schedules, notes, and forms.

See attached pdf document for full finding aid and box/file list.

Audrey Hawthorn

General

Series consists of material relating to the fundamental activities of museum operation. This series comprises material such as annual reports, policy and procedure records which are arranged chronologically by date within subseries. The records in this series take the form of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, annotated policy documents, drafts of procedure documents, schedules, blank item cataloguing cards sample forms, notes, financial statements, budgets, ephemera, and reports.

The series is arranged into three subseries:
Subseries A: Policies and Procedures
Subseries B: Planning
Subseries C: Accountability and Evaluation

Finances

Series consists of material reflecting the financial life of the museum.
Records in the series consist of correspondence, budgets, ledger sheets, memoranda, receipts, notes, requisition books, expense ledgers, receipts, account statements and statements of purchases.

The series is arranged into 3 subseries:
Subseries A: Budget
Subseries B: Accounts
Subseries C: Funding

Planning

Subseries consists of material primarily relating to various committees which Audrey Hawthorn was a part of during her tenure at the museum. Records include those of the Committee on Museum (1942-1949), the Museum Programme Committee (1969-1976) the senate committee, and the Users Committee/Planning Coordinating Committee (1973). These committees dealt largely with issues surrounding the collection, budget and human resources. The subseries also contains notebooks used by Audrey Hawthorn from 1949-1971, which focus on a wide range of subjects including artifact drawings. The subseries consists of notes, minutes, financial statements, correspondence, budgets, memoranda, ephemera, spiral bound notebooks, and reports.

Accounts

Subseries consists of records created as a result of keeping financial account of the museum’s activities. Among these records are expense ledgers, receipts, account statements, and statements of purchases. Files with more extensive descriptions contain material which may relate to the purchase of items in the collection.

Facilities and services

This series consists of material relating to the physical environment in which the museum operates. Series is further arranged into subseries, with the records in the subseries arranged chronologically. The records in the series are composed of photographs, work order forms, correspondence, and memoranda. Subseries consists of correspondence, memoranda, plans, financial documents, design plans, minutes, budgets, notes, and contracts.

The series is arranged into three subseries:
Subseries A: General
Subseries B: Building Maintenance
Subseries C: Building Projects and Plans

External relations

Series consists of material accumulated as a result of the museum’s interaction with the public. Records in this series are found in the forms of correspondence, press releases, ephemera, memoranda, account statements, questionnaires, minutes, and newspaper clippings.

The series is arranged into five subseries:
Subseries A: Public relations
Subseries B: Inquires and requests
Subseries C: Memberships
Subseries D: Communication and service: museums and institutions
Subseries E: General Correspondence

Communication and service: museums and institutions

Subseries consists primarily of correspondence with other museums, galleries and associations. The material in this subseries pertains to a multiplicity of functions. Records in this subseries take the form of correspondence, ephemera, account statements, questionnaires, minutes, memoranda and newspaper clippings.

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