Box 17

Scope and Content: The correspondence in this series primarily documents Pope's tenure as acting director and then director of the Fogg, Germanic and Semitic Museums between 1945 and 1948. Some of the folders also contain correspondence with Pope's predecessors at the Fogg, Edward Forbes and Paul J. Sachs. These letters were apparently transferred to Pope's files for the sake of continuity of knowledge and context in certain museum-related matters, such as long-term loans and various policies and decisions....