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14ACENTuRyOFCOLLECTINGARTOFASIAsignicantacqisitionsoancientChineseartthecameasanintactcollectioncontribtedbdonorswithnopriorconnectiontoSmithCollege.DirectorRobertParkswasintrodcedtoMr.andMrs.Hartin1958bErnestGottliebamemberoSCMAsnewlormedVisitingCommitteeanadvisorbodormedaspartoanoveralleforttoproessionalizetheMsemspoliciesgovernanceandoperations.9ParksondmchtoadmireintheHartscollectionincldingDelttinglazedceramicsandanIndianbronzesclptrebthesethissightsonthecollectionoarchaicjadesthattheHartshadrecentlacqired.10IvanB.HartwasaDtchwoolmerchantwhohadimmigratedtotheunitedStatesin1940withhiswieJennMartheRoselaarandtheirchildren.OriginallbasedinBostonandthenNewyorkheprospereddringthewarbecaseothedemandorwool.HeandhiswiewereavidcollectorsoawiderangeomaterialincldingclockssilverantiqernitreDtchpaintingsandsnfboxes.11Thewerephilanthropicallinclinedcontribtingworksparticlarltoacademicmsems.TheHartsacqiredtheChinesejadesin1956ponthedeathoSamelMinkenhowhohadormedthecollection.LikeHartMinkenhowasaDtchbsinessmanwhohadletAmsterdamin1939settlinginNewyork.HisbsinessintheimportandexportotextilestookhimtoChinaandSothAsiaandwhilehecollectedEropeanarthisinterestgradalltrnedtoAsianprimarilChineseartwhichhebegancollectingin1931.12InretirementMinkenhodevotedhimseltoresearchingandbildinghiscollectionoChinesejadesandbronzes.TheHartsacqisitionothejadesseemstohavebeenmotivatedbthedesiretopreserveMinkenhoscollectionandwiththeintentodonatingittoamsem.ThelentthecollectiontotheMetropolitanMsemoArtandthenin1960ormalizedtheircommitmenttogivingitinitsentirettotheSmithCollegeMsemoArt.EightearslaterDianeSchareldIsaacsamemberotheclasso1961whohadbeenastdentatthetimeotheHartsgitbroadenedSCMAsholdingswithagitonearlortMingandQingdnastjades.TherenewedinterestincollectingAsianartevidencedbRobertParksprsitotheHartcollectioncorrespondedwiththeintrodctionoAsianstdiestoSmithscrriclm.CharlesWhitmanMacSherrhadjoinedthehistordepartmentasanassistantproessorin195253teachingaearlongintrodctiontoFarEasterncivilization.In195657hebeganteachingtwonewcorsesortheartdepartmentOrientalArtTheArtoChinaandOrientalArtTheArtoJapan.