Wilcomb E. Washburn (1985) argued along similar lines in an article,
"Professionalizing the Muses", Museum News, 64(2)
 
Christine Castle
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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On Fri, 6 Jan 1995, Ken Yellis wrote:
 
> On Fri, 6 Jan 1995 01:42:25 -0500,
> Matthew A. White  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> . . . .
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> >I think that the field of museum work is less a professions than it is a
> >series of professions united for a common goal.
> >
> This is precisely what A.E. Parr argued in "A Plurality of Professions," in
> Curator about 20 years ago.
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> Ken Yellis
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