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Elodie Courter Osborn

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aspects, from overall direction to budget to curatorial negotiations to copy editing. Between 1932 and the apex of the program in 1954, MoMA circulated 461 exhibitions among 3,700 venues including K-12 schools, technical colleges, clubs, military installations, and department stores. In Osborn's era, exhibitions circulated internationally but the majority were designed for U.S. use. A notable example of Osborn's efforts is
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In 1933 Osborn joined MoMA's newly founded Department of Circulating Exhibitions as a volunteer. She became the program secretary in 1935 and was named Director in 1939, a position she held to 1947. Osborn almost single-handedly developed the program’s domestic agenda and was involved in all its
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Osborn was also interested in film. She established the Salisbury Film Society (1951), served as an officer of the Robert Flaherty International Film Seminar (1968–1979), and as a
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as an Exhibition Committee advisor and International Exhibitions Committee vice chairman.
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board member (beginning in 1969) helped to make filmmakers eligible for fellowships.
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Weismann, Donald L. (1954-01-01). "Review of Manual of Travelling Exhibitions".
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Osborn was born in Brooklyn in 1911. She received a B.A. in art history from
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Rice, E. Gordon (1954-01-01). "Review of Manual of Traveling Exhibitions".
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In the late 1940s and 1950s, Osborn was involved with the
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"Elodie Osborn, 82, First Director Of the Modern's Traveling Shows"
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"Modern Women / A Partial History"
"Department of Circulating Exhibitions Records in The Museum of Modern Art Archives CE"
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10.2307/4058235
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2027/mdp.39015013647105
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4058235
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