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Luis Cancel papers, circa 1900-1998, bulk 1970-1996

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Series 3: Arts Administration Records , 1972-1997
4.1 Linear feet
Boxes 5-8, OV 12, 14

This series details Cancel's employment as director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts and as Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs in New York City.
This series is arranged as two subseries.
  • 3.1: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1972-1992
  • 3.2: Department of Cultural Affairs, 1990-1997

3.1: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1972-1992

Files include employment records, board of trustee meeting minutes, material on programs and committees, building maintenance, renovation and expansion projects, exhibition plans and printed material, fundraising, administrative records, staff records, grant projects, Cancel's interviews with the Department of Investigation and Columbia University, and files for the celebrated exhibition The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920-1970.
Description Container
Accounting Codes, 1980-1986
5
10
African American Collections, 1990-1991
5
11-12
Annual Dinner, 1991
5
13
Annual Report 1983-1985, 1985
5
14
Art Services Program, 1977
5
15
Art Services Program, 1977
12
Arts International, 1991
5
16
Aspira of New York, Inc., 1987
5
17
Attendance Data, 1988-1991
5
18
Board of Trustees, 1984-1991
5
19-21
Bulletins, 1982-1990
5
22
Callaloo Conference (San Diego), 1991
Includes lecture manuscript on cultural diversity presented by Cancel.
5
23
Capital Budget Request to Department of Cultural Affairs, 1990-1991
5
24
Case Study on Institutional Growth, circa 1990
5
25
Chicano Art, 1989-1991
5
26
Color Printmaking with Krishna Reddy Notes, circa 1985
5
27
Community and Cultural Space Leasing Policy for New York, 1981
5
28
Contacts - Foundation and Corporations, 1988
5
29
Contemporary Japanese Arts Exhibition, 1991
5
30
Contracts, 1981-1989
5
31
Contributions, 1984-1990
5
32-34
Correspondence, 1988-1991
Includes correspondence with Ed Martino, Francis Chaves, Kathleen Berkowe, Lisa Payne, Marysol Nieves, Paulo Herkenhoff, and others.
5
35-42
Director, Job Description, 1991
5
43
Economic Impact Report, 1982-1984
5
44
Educational Programs, 1988-1989
5
45
Exhibition Announcements, 1972-1989
5
46
Exhibition Catalogs, A-C, 1973-1990
Includes catalogs for Artist in the Market Place, Building a Borough: Architecture and Planning in the Bronx, Curator's Choice, and others.
5
47-48
Exhibition Catalogs, C-W, 1979-1990
Includes the catalogs Islamic Calligraphy, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective, Melehi: Recent Paintings, The Second Emerging Expression Biennial, and others.
6
1-5
Exhibition Flashcards, circa 1990
The set of flashcards were produced for the Bronx Museum of the Arts' Travelling Interpretative Program and relate to the history of the South Bronx.
6
6
Exhibition Ideas, 1990
6
7
Exhibition Proposal, circa 1990
6
8
Exhibition Schedules, 1988-1994
6
9
Expansion Project, 1989-1991
6
10-15
Facility Rental and Maintenance, 1982-1991
6
16-17
Financial and Expansion Committee, 1990
6
18
Fire and Security Design, 1990-1991
6
19
Five Year Plans, 1982-1988
Plans are for the years 1982 to 1987 and 1988 to 1993.
6
20
Ford Foundation, 1991
6
21
Fundraising, 1988-1991
6
22-23
Gift Shop, 1990
6
24
Government Funding Deadline Schedule, 1990
6
25
Health and Hospitals Corporation Art Program, 1990-1991
6
26
Identification Badge, circa 1980
6
27
Interviews, 1989-1991
Interview transcripts of Cancel's interviews with the City of New York's Department of Investigation and with Columbia University for their program "Artists Training and Career Project: Painters."
6
28-29
The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920-1970, circa 1980s
Includes lecture manuscripts, loan documents, publicity, exhibition descriptions, and artists lists.
6
30-35
The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920-1970, circa 1980s
12
"Latin American Presence in the United States 1920-1970: Constructivism and Geometric Abstraction" by Nelly Kirger de Perazzo, circa 1987
7
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Visual Studies, 1990
7
2
National Arts Stabilization Initiative, 1990
7
3
National Endowment for the Arts, 1990-1991
Includes material on Chellenge III, reauthorization, guidelines, and Wen Ying Tsai's exhibition.
7
4
The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now, New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Loan, 1990
7
5
New York State Education Department, 1990-1991
7
6
Office Layouts, 1985-1990
7
7
Operating Agreement with Department of Cultural Affairs, 1991
7
8
Organizational Structure, 1990-1992
7
9
Permanent Collection, circa 1979-1989
7
10-11
Personnel Practices Manual, 1989
7
12
Planning, 1984-1988
7
13
Planning Committee, 1988-1991
7
14
Planning Retreat, 1991
7
15
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., 1989
7
16
Publicity, circa 1983-1991
Includes press releases regarding Cancel's resignation from the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
7
17-18
Puerto Rican Cultural Events, 1991
7
19
Reddy, Krishna, 1982
7
20
Regional Education Center for Economic Development, 1990-1991
7
21
Renovation Project, 1984-1991
7
22
Renovation Project, 1984-1991
12
Renovation Project, 1984-1991
14
Reports on Puerto Ricans, 1989-1991
7
23
Rodriguez, Janet, 1988
7
24
San Francisco Arts Commission, 1990-1991
7
25
Search Committee, 1991
7
26
South Bronx Community Action Theatre, circa 1979
7
27
Special Events, 1991
7
28
Spring Salsa Benefit, 1991
7
29
Staff Lists, 1990
7
30
Staff Meeting, 1990-1991
7
31
Tax Exemption, circa 1977
7
32
Trustee Meeting Follow Up, 1990
7
33
Urban Development Corporation, 1991
7
34
Visions of Home: Designs for Affordable Housing in the South Bronx, 1990
7
35
WPA Mural Exhibition Grant Application, 1991
7
36
Young Israel Synagogue, Floor Plans and Renovation, 1976-1989
7
37-38
Young Israel Synagogue, Floor Plans and Renovation, 1976-1989
12
General, 1978-1990
Includes congratulation letters to Cancel and other correspondence, agreements and contracts, employment records, and a few photographs of Cancel and Fernando Ferrez.
7
39-40

3.2: Department of Cultural Affairs, 1990-1997

Files in this subseries include a background investigation, financial disclosures, and parking violations related to Cancel's employment with the City of New York. Other files are for committee and task force activities, a month's appointment schedule, and correspondence with Jane Alexander, Mayor David Dinkins, and others.
Description Container
Advisory Committee, 1993
8
1
Appointment Schedule, December 1993
8
2
Background Investigation, 1991-1992
8
3
Correspondence, 1991-1997
Includes letters congratulating Cancel on becoming commissioner, correspondence with Jane Alexander of the National Endowment for the Arts, and other colleagues.
8
4-6
Cultural Infrastructure Task Force, 1993
8
7
Dinkins, David, 1992-1993
8
8
Financial Disclosures, 1991-1994
8
9-10
Lee Kimche and Associates, 1993
8
11
New York State Association of Museums, 1991
8
12
Parking Violations, 1992
8
13
Payment Vouchers, 1990-1991
8
14

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