Scope & content
The records focus on acquisitions, gifts, and researcher queries. With the exception of one file containing correspondence (1961-1964) of Director David Giles Carter, the files include predominantly the outgoing letters (1965-1967) of Zerner. Principal correspondents include Karl Faber, William Schab, Proute et fils, Colnaghi, Lucien Goldschmidt, (Mlle) Paule Cailac, Heim, Kornfeld und Klipstein, the Louvre, et al. Included in his files is an internal memo of then Chief Curator Stephen E. Ostrow detailing procedures for the creation and maintenance of curatorial files; and Zerner's resume.