Word: fogg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Because of the width and variety of Fogg's obligations, Coolidge says--using a clause he would love to find true--"if money were no issue, there would be a startling difference in the quality and quantity, but not the range" of the Museum's activities. He has some interesting theories on new activities but is afraid of overextending himself and his staff when there is so much that might be done to fulfill the demands of the divergent pulls on Fogg...
Another of the Fogg's unique responsibilities is its collection of Oriental Art, by far the best in this country. There still is a great deal that might be done here, but once again the staff shortage is a serious handicap...
Amid the pressing obligations to the Graduate School, to the field of Oriental Art, to professionals in foreign countries, and to the Cambridge community itself, Fogg has a strong duty, perhaps not "unique," to the Harvard undergraduate. Coolidge would like nothing better than to be able to channel some of the effort spent on graduates to the undergraduates...
Located in the heart of the College, the Museum provides the space and facilities for most of its Fine Arts courses, sections as well as lectures, but this is the basic and not the sum of its undergraduate activities. For one item, Fogg lends reproductions to students. It is always expanding this service, now that it charges minimal rental fees, which are plowed back into the program. The number of reproductions has tripled in the past four or five years...
...Fogg's other services for the undergraduate encompass such scope, and the museum is so understaffed, that "what is carried out varies tremendously with the demand and the need." What Coolidge has to do in most cases is leave the initiative up to the undergraduate himself, with a resulting shift in emphasis from year to year...