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American Federation of Arts records, 1895-1993, bulk 1909-1969

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Series 2: Administrative Records, 1910-1966
(boxes 4-8)

The series is organized into two subseries:
  • 2.1: Alphabetical Files, 1910-1966
  • 2.2: Staff Records, 1927-1966

2.1

Alphabetical Files, 1910-1966
Description Container
Adler Lecture Tour, 1954
4
1
American Committee for the Restoration of Italian Monuments, Inc., 1946-1948
4
2
American Federation of Arts, Background Information, 1942-1955
4
3
American Federation of Arts, Building Fund, 1960-1963
4
4
American Federation of Arts, General, 1962-1963
4
5
American Federation of Arts, National Headquarters, 1947
4
6
American Federation of Arts, Washington Property, 1954-1959
4
7
American Federation of Arts, Chapters, 1953
4
8
American Federation of Arts, Histories, 1959, undated
4
9
American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1947-1951
4
10
Art Dealers Association of America, Inc., 1962-1963
4
11
Art Digest, 1945-1953
4
12
Art in the Embassies Program, 1964-1967
4
13
Art Magazines and Publications (not AFA), 1956-1959
4
14
Art Resources Services Center, 1958
4
15
Auction Files, Correspondence, 1961-1962
4
16-19
Auction Files, Correspondence, 1962
4
20
Auction Files, Correspondence, 1963-1964
4
21
Benefits, 1952-1961
4
22-25
Black List, 1961-1963
4
26
Book Sales and Service (Florence S. Berryman), 1951-1955
4
27
Budget and Finance, General, 1941-1956
4
28
Carnegie Corporation, 1935-1958
4
29-30
Catalog Distribution Plan, 1959
4
31
Collectors' Club, 1962-1963
4
32
College Art Association, 1952-1959
4
33
Columbia University
4
34
Community Art Associations, 1954-1956
4
35-36
Conferences, Regional, Denver, 1928
5
1
Conferences, Regional, Buffalo, 1953
5
2
Conferences, Regional, Cleveland, 1953
5
3
Conferences, Regional, Indianapolis, 1953
5
4
Conferences, Regional, Chicago, 1954
5
5
Conferences, Regional, Newark, 1954
5
6
Contributions, Correspondence, 1951-1954
5
7
Contributions, Monthly Breakdowns, 1958-1963
5
8
Contributions, Pledge Sheet, 1953
5
9
Contributions, Thank You Letters, 1961-1964
5
10-12
Contributions, Trustees, 1959-1961
5
13
Cooper Union Museum, 1963
5
14
Corning Glass Center, 1952-1954
5
15
Corporate Solicitations, 1956-1957
5
16
The Cultural Development Fund, 1951
5
17
D, General, 1955-1959
5
18
Dealers' Advisory Committee Project, 1960
5
19
De Young Museum, San Francisco, 1966
5
20
F, General, 1953-1965
5
21
50th Anniversary, 1959
Award Citations, 1959
5
22
Awards, 1959
5
23
Casebook, 1959
5
24
Casebook Statements from Small Museum Directors, 1957-1959
5
25
Committee Acceptances, 1959
5
26
Philadelphia Reception, 1959
5
27
Utica Celebration, 1959
5
28
Film Festival, 1957, 1963
5
29
Films on Art, 1952-1956
5
30
Fund for the Republic, 1956
5
31
Glick & Lorwin, Inc., First and Second Annual Displays of Free and Inexpensive Teaching Aids, 1955-1956
5
32
Government and Art, Committee on, 1950-1962
5
33-38
Edith Gregor Halpert Foundation
Award for Critical Writing, 1952-1955, 1965, undated
6
1-2
Correspondence, General, 1951-1960
6
3
Survey of Contemporary American Art, 1953-1955
6
4
Holmes Report, 1956-1958
6
5
Institute of International Education, 1954-1958
6
6
International Art Exchange Program, 1958-1960
6
7
Job Applications, 1952-1960
6
8
Joint Artists-Museums Committee, 1955-1957
6
9
Joint Committee on Educational Television, 1951-1953
6
10
Joint Committee on the National Capital, 1955-1961
6
11
K-L, General, 1957-1961
6
12
Latin American Project, 1958
6
13
Life, New Reproduction Process, 1956
6
14
Lilly Endowment, Inc., 1953-1954
6
15
Los Angeles County Art Museum, Director's Resignation, 1965
6
16
Magazine of Art, 1949-1953
6
17-25
M, General, 1954-1962
6
26
Membership and Development, 1952-1962
6
27-28
Morley, Grace L. McCann, 1951-1962
6
29
Moscow Show, 1959
6
30
National Sculpture Society, 1952
6
31
P, General, 1952-1958
6
32
Peck and Peck, 1953
6
33
Personnel (including director search), 1955-1956
6
34
Public Relations, 1957-1961
6
35
Publications (AFA), 1939-1966, undated
6
36
Publicity, A and B Lists, 1960-1961
6
37
Publicity, Clippings, 1950-1966
6
38-39
Publicity, Correspondence, 1955-1960
7
1
Publicity, Magazine Article "Art in Your Life,", undated
7
2
Publicity, Photographs, 1954-1955, undated
7
3
Publicity, Press Releases, 1953-1958, undated
7
4
Publicity, Special, 1953
7
5
Publicity, Trustee Officers and Staff, 1956-1963
7
6
R, General, 1954-1959
7
7
Refregier Murals, 1953
7
8
Ruder and Finn, 1953-1956, undated
7
9
S, General, 1957-1961
7
10
Show Magazine Opening, 1962
7
11
State Sponsored Art Programs, Survey and Analysis, 1962-1963
7
12
State Sponsored Art Programs, Correspondence, 1962-1963, 1965-1968
7
13-15
State Sponsored Art Programs, State Councils on the Arts, 1964-1967
7
16
Statement of Director before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare to Fine Arts Bills, 1962
7
17
T, General, 1959-1963
7
18
Traveling Exhibition Service
7
19
Trustees, Files on Individuals
Allerton, John Gregg, 1965
7
20
Avnet, Lester, 1964-1969
7
21
Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1952-1956
7
22
Belluschi, Pietro, 1954
7
23
Berkowitz, Sidney, 1952-1957
7
24
Blair, William McCormick, 1961-1964
7
25
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1951-1962
7
26
Bonner, Paul Hyde, 1953-1954
7
27
Colin, Ralph F., 1952-1956
7
28
Cowles, Russell, 1951-1953
7
29
Crosby, Sumner McK., 1951-1954
7
30
Defenbacher, Daniel S., 1951-1954
7
31
de Menil, John, 1958-1965
7
32
Fuller, Adelaide P., 1964-1966
7
33
Graves, Katharine I., 1961-1963
7
34
Hanna, Leonard, 1954-1958
7
35
d'Harnoncourt, René, 1951-1958
7
36
Haswell, Anthony, 1955
7
37
Hayes, Bartlett H., Jr., 1951-1964
7
38
Hope, Henry R., 1951-1960
7
39
Houghton, Arthur A., 1952-1956
7
40
Iselin, Lewis, 1966
7
41
Jarvis, Alan, 1960-1965
7
42
List, Vera G. (Mrs. Albert A.), 1959-1968
7
43
Longwell, Daniel, 1952-1954; 1956--1961
7
44
Ludgin, Earle, 1950-1954
7
45
Marcus, Stanley, 1952-1967
7
46
Maremont, Adele and Arnold, 1958-1968
7
47
Miller, Elizabeth F. (Mrs. Robert Watt), 1960-1964
7
48
Murray, William C., 1957-1964
7
49
Nagel, Charles, Jr., 1954-1966
7
50
Olsen, Fred, 1958
7
51
Palmer, Fred L., 1955-1959
7
52
Pei, I. M., 1964-1966
7
53
Rentschler, Rita (Mrs. George A.), 1959-1961
7
54
Rudd, Thomas Brown, 1951-1952
7
55
Russell, Helen G. (Mrs. Henry P.), 1954-1966
7
56
Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1965
7
57
Sawyer, Charles H., 1951-1956
7
58
Schenck, Edgar C., 1959, undated
7
59
Slocum, John J., 1964
7
60
Smythe, Craig, 1954
7
61
Soby, James Thrall, 1950-1956
7
62
Stone, Edward D., 1960
7
63
Taylor, Francis Henry, 1951-1957
7
64
Tremaine, Emily Hall (Mrs. Burton G., Jr.), 1951-1953
7
65
Wintersteen, Bernice McIlhenny (Mrs. John), 1966
7
66
Zurcher, Suzette M., 1952-1962
7
67
Trustees, Memoranda to, 1951-1953
7
68
Trustees, Nominations, 1954-1960
7
69
Trustees, Photographs, undated
7
70
UNESCO, 1958-1961
7
71
U.S. Government Officials, 1959-1961
7
72
USIA-AFA Relations, Press Reactions, 1954-1956
7
73
W, General, 1953-1962
7
74
Woodstock Art Conference, "The Artist and the Museum,", 1950
7
75

2.2

Staff Records, 1927-1966
Description Container
Director Alexander B. Trowbridge, Correspondence, 1927-1928
8
1
Acting Director Andrew Wright Crawford, Correspondence, 1929
8
2
Director Harris K. Prior, Correspondence, 1957-1961
8
3-4
Director Roy Moyer, Correspondence, 1965-1966
8
5-6
Assistant Director Robert H. Luck, Correspondence, 1967-1969
8
7
Special Representative Robert H. Luck, Correspondence, 1959-1962
8
8-28
Registrar
Insurance Claims, 1947-1962
8
29-31
Insurance, General, 1955-1963
8
32
Customs, 1960-1962
8
33-35
Sales, 1958-1960
8
36
Shipping, 1962-1963
8
37-38
General Correspondence, 1963
8
39

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