Series 2 - Redpath Series

0.9 meters of textual records.

The Redpath series are administrative records of the Redpath Museum during the time Alice Johannsen was assistant curator, assistant director and director of Redpath Museum.

This series consists of budgets and reports, as well as exhibits organized by Alice Johannsen, correspondence, publications by Redpath staff members, newspaper clippings and directories.

Correspondence occupies an important part of the series and ranges from 1919 to 1971 (Files 197-280). These files include correspondence with McGill University principals and vice-principals, board of governors, departments (accounting, bursar, comptroller, registrar, building and grounds, extension and), associations, museums, galleries, universities and various individuals. The correspondence deals with staff records, gifts to Redpath Museum, loans from the museum and problems. The correspondence files also contain letters to and from E. L. Judah, predecessor to Alice Johannsen. Included in the correspondence files are also handwritten notes, by Alice ranging from 1928 to 1971.

The budgets, budget applications, estimates and approvals for Redpath and McCord museums are from the years 1928 to 1971 and are mostly typed including a few handwritten notes by Alice (Files 170-178). Monthly and annual reports are typed and range from 1939 to 1969 (Files 179-183).

Minutes and agendas of meetings of McGill Museum Committee date from 1943 to 1949 (File 184).

Alice Johannsen also accumulated articles written by Redpath staff members dating from 1955 to 1970 (File 196).

Newspaper clippings relate to McGill University Museums and are from the years 1946 to 1970 (File 185).

Redpath Museum Docent's Manual from 1968 (File 186), curator lists from the years between 1962 and 1967 (File 187) and the Museums Directory of the United States and Canada from 1961 are part of this series. (File 188).

Files documenting exhibits organized by Redpath Museum contain Alice's handwritten notes, labels and exhibits plans, sketches and pamphlets. These files date from 1944 to 1966 (Files 189-195).