In memoriam: Sylvia H. Williams

In memoriam: Sylvia H. Williams

[...]she took most of the dirty work of running the museum and I more of the fun. [...]Sylvia seemed to micromanage all (I do mean all) facets of a growing museum. [...]this complicated woman gave an impression of toughness, of no nonsenseness, of a firm controlling hand. When the museum was located...

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