A Register of His White House Files, 1962 - 1963
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Series Description
Administrative Information
Abstract
White House Staff Files 1962-1963
Special Consultant to the President on the Arts (1962-63). Correspondence, memorandums, speeches, reports.
Access
Open.
Usage Restrictions
According to the letter of transfer 1965, copyright of these materials has been assigned to the United States. Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
Provenance
Files of August Heckscher, special consultant to President Kennedy on the arts, 1962 - 1963, were donated to the Kennedy Library in 1965 as part of the papers of John F. Kennedy.
Extent
About 40,000 pages (21 linearfeet, 5 linear inches ; 24.75 cubic feet).
Withdrawn Items
This material first became available for research use in July 1972. Before that time, 113 items were removed and placed under seal. These relate primarily to the employment of individuals in government cultural agencies or contain information that could embarrass, injure, or harass living persons. Document withdrawal slips have been inserted in the file where items have been removed. The Library will review this closed material annually for the purpose of opening items, that no longer require restriction.
Date Opened
September 1972.
Processed by
Jo August
Encoded by
James M. Roth
Revisions
Finding aid updated in May 2002 by James M. Roth.
Related Collections
Heckscher, August--Oral History Interviews
White House Staff Files of August Heckscher (1913-1997)
Biographical Note
August Heckscher served as President Kennedy's special consultant on the arts. He took this appointment in March 1962 and held it part-time, simultaneously directing the Twentieth Century Fund of New York. Mr. Heckscher understood his three main responsibilities as the first White House cultural advisor to be: (a) to set up the general framework of the office and secure a full-time successor; (b) to prepare a report for the president on government and the arts; and (c) to establish an advisory council on the arts. When Mr. Heckscher resigned from this post in June 1963 he felt that the goals he had set for himself and the position had been accomplished.
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1913, Sept. 16
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Born: Huntington, New York
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1936
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B.A., Yale University
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1939
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M.A., Harvard University
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1939 - 1941
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Instructor of government, Yale University
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1941 - 1945
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Office of Strategic Services
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1946 - 1948
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Editor,
The Citizen Advertiser
Auburn, New York
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1948 - 1956
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Editorial Staff,
New York Herald Tribune
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1957 - 1962
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Art Commissioner, N.Y.C.
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1957 - 1967
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Director, Twentieth Century Fund
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1962-1963
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Special Consultant on the Arts for President Kennedy
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1965
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Member, New York: State Council on the Arts
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1967
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Administrator of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs and Commissioner of Parks of New York City
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1997
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Died
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Collection Overview
The Presidential papers of John F. Kennedy consist of several major bodies of research material. The White House Central Subject File is the principal White House file. The White House Name File contains copies of most incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and is cross-referenced to the Subject File. The Chronological File contains copies of documents prepared for the President's signature and is also cross-referenced to the Subject File. The Social File contains the records of the White House Social Office and includes the correspondence of the First Lady. The President's Office File contains the papers maintained by the President's personal secretary for his use. The National Security File contains the records of the staff of the special assistant to the President for national security affairs.
In addition, in what were called in the White House "storage" or "overflow" files are found various miscellaneous materials and the records of the offices of most members of the President's staff. The files described in this finding aid constitute one of the series of White House staff files included in the Presidential papers of John F. Kennedy.
The Heckscher files include papers dating from 1948 through 1965, with the bulk of the papers between the years 1961 and 1963. The collection gives a very full picture of the state of the arts and the power of the cultural thrust of the sixties. It consists of the papers generated by the activities of the cultural advisor's office plus those accumulated in the guidance of the cultural programs of individual government agencies and the administration as a whole. Among the matter covered are the planning of the National Cultural Center, the preparation of the public statement of the president's cultural policy, and the collection of material on organizations concerned in furthering the arts and the state of the profession, including a large file on the development of state arts councils.
The files are altered only slightly from their original format, and are arranged in seven series, which are in turn broken into subseries by subject. Two boxes of publications have been removed and incorporated into the library's printed materials collection.
List of Series
Series 1. General File
Series 2. Arts File
Series 3. Subject File
Series 4. Government Programs and Policies
Series 5. White House Papers
Series 6. District of Columbia Files
Series 7. Miscellaneous Publications
Series
Description
Series 1. General File, 1959-1964.
Arrangement: by subject.
Copies of outgoing correspondence and memoranda to the White House, arranged alphabetically; Advisory Council on the Arts files; Heckscher's appointment books, speeches, invitations, press clippings; Report to the President files.
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Box 1
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Correspondence
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Miscellaneous, 2/28/62 - 11/18/63 (2 folders)
A-AZ (2 folders)
B-BY (10 folders)
Berdahl, Robert (2 folders)
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Box 2
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CA-CUT (7 folders)
DA-DY (4 folders)
DeVisme, Jacques A.
EA-EV (2 folders)
Ernest, Morris (2 folders)
FA-FUL (3 folders)
GA-GUT (5 folders)
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Box 3
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Goldberg, Arthur
Golodner, Jack
HA-HY (8 folders)
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JA-JU (3 folders)
Johnson, Albert
KAA-KY (6 folders)
LAC-LY (5 folders)
Lindsay, John V.
MAC-McD
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Box 4
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McG-MY (8 solders)
NA-NOW (3 folders)
Nabakov, Nicholas
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PA-PU (4 folders)
RA-RY (4 folders)
SA-SIM (3 folders)
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Box 5
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SIN-SW (4 folders)
Schlesinger, Arthur
Slayton, William L.
TA-TY (3 folders)
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Udall, Stewart L.
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WAG-WV (5 folders)
White House Memos, 3/22/62 - 11/15/63 (5 folders)
Y-Z
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Box 6
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Advisory Council on the Arts
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Heckscher Resignation, 1/7/64 - 3/10/64
Program Suggestions '64, 5/14/63 - 11/19/63 and undated
Executive Order, 5/7/62 - 11/28/63 (3 folders)
Congressional, 9/13/62 - 3/20/63
Letters of Support from Professional Organizations, 6/22/62 - 7/19/63 and undated (6 folders)
Letters Against, 4/17/63 - 6/7/63 and undated (2 folders)
Candidates for Special Consultant, 1/18/63 - 9/16/63
Heckscher: Role and Assignment, 12/5/61 - 8/7/62
Miscellaneous, 11/6/62 - 11/20/63
Documents, 3/9/62 - 10/29/63 and undated
Biographical Material, 10/16/62 and undated (4 folders)
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Box 7
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Council Members
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List of Names by this Office, 10/16/62 - 1/7/64 and undated (4 folders)
Individuals Suggested for Council through June 10, 4/4/62 - 2/11/64 and undated (10 folders)
Individuals Suggested for Council by Members of Congress, 6/15/62 - 1/20/64 (3 folders)
Congressmen and Senators Interested in the Arts, 3/15/61
List of Names submitted by Professional Organizations, 10/25/62 - 9/27/63 and undated
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Office Business
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Heckscher Appointment Books, 1962, 1963, and 1964
Job Applications, 1962
Job Applications, 1963
Reference Books for Office Use, 5/22/62 - 3/14/64
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Box 8
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Press and Invitations
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AH Articles, 6/26/62 - 1/10/64 (2 folders)
AH Articles: Correspondence, 4/10/62 - 1/20/64 (2 folders)
Press Clippings, 1962 - 1963 (3 folders)
Press Clippings, Congressiona1 Records, 4/16/62 - 4/17/62
Publications, 4/6/63 - 2/64 and undated (3 folders)
Press Relations: Interviews & Misc., 2/27/62 - 12/17/63 (3 folders)
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Speeches and Invitations
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Heckscher: Hotel Reservations, 3/29/62 - 4/2/62
Heckscher: Social Invitations, 4/2/62 - 11/6/62
1962 Speech Invitations: Delivered, 3/14/62 - 1/14/63 (5 folders)
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Box 9
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Speech Invitations: Active, 7/10/62 - 6/l8/63 and undated (2 folders)
1962 Speech Invitations: Inactive (Refused) 2/27/62 - 12/31/62 (4 folders)
1963 Speech Invitations: Inactive (Delivered) 9/17/62 - 7/9/63 (7 folders)
1963 Speech Invitations: Inactive (Refused) 11/3/62 - 9/20/63 (5 folders)
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Box 9a
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TV and Radio Appearances, 12/18/60 - 4/24/63 and undated (2 folders)
Yale Speech and Reactions, 6/1/62 - 7/3/62 and undated
Speeches: American Assembly, 12/13/61 - 4/26/63 (5 folders)
Speeches: American Association of Museums, 3/30/62 - 6/15/62
Speeches: General Federation of Women Clubs, 3/28/62 - 8/15/62
Speeches: Miami Trip, 3/27/62 - 8/17/62
Speeches: Casals Festival, 6/23/62 - 7/18/62 and undated
Malraux Visit, 5/6/62 - 5/25/62
Milwaukee Trip, 3/20/62 - 6/20/62 (2 folders)
Robin Hood Dell, 6/4/62 - 8/24/62 (2 folders)
AH Speeches, 7/20/60 - 10/63 and undated (8 folders)
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Box 9b
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Speech Abstracts, Résumés, 6/27/62 - 12/13/62 and undated
AH Speeches, Printed -
Congressional Record
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AH Speeches, Printed - Correspondence, 4/4/62 - 6/21/63 (4 folders)
AH Speeches and Writings Requested, 4/31/62 - 6/13/63 and undated (4 folders)
Speech and Writing Thanks and Responses, 6/12/62 - 7/16/62
AH Speech Texts and Excerpts Reprinted, 7/29/62 - 6/63 and clippings
Speeches; Extra Copies, 4/3/62 - 5/23/63 and undated (5 folders)
Honorary Sponsor: Committee Member, 3/30/62 - 8/14/63 (4 folders)
Miscellaneous Invitations: Attended, 3/28/62 - 4/25/63 (2 folders)
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Box 10
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Miscellaneous Invitations: Refused, 4/3/62 - 1/7/64 and undated (5 folders)
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Report
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Clippings on Council and Report, 1963
Congressional Mailing List and Reactions, 6/12/63 - 9/6/63
Report: Printing, 1959 - 9/5/63
Report: Requests, 1/18/63 - 3/12/64 and undated (5 folders)
Report: Mailing List, 6/19/63 - 6/27/63
Reactions to Report and AH Resignation, 1/25/63 - 10/28/63 (4 folders)
Report by August Heckscher to the President, 5/9/63
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Series 2. Arts File, 1955-1964.
Arrangement: alphabetical by art form.
Annual reports, newsletters, pamphlets, and other publications of cultural organizations, professional associations and foundations; newspaper clippings; correspondence with organizations and individuals seeking recognition, requesting financial or other assistance on specific problems, and suggesting other matters for the cultural advisors attention.
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Box 11
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Organizations: General
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American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Sciences, 3/28/62 - 12/9/63 and undated
American Council of Learned Societies, 6/6/62 and undated
Center for Information on America, 11/27/62
Director's List and Advisory Committees, 3/30/62 - 5/24/62 and undated
Modern Language Association, 4/27/62 - 9/25/62 and undated
National Council on the Arts and Government, 1960 - 1963
National Recreation Association, 2/14/62
National Council of Women of U.S., 2/13/62
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Architecture
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General, 6/62 - 11/10/63
R. Buckminster Fuller, 10/1/62 - 9/13/63 (2 folders)
City Planning, 4/14/62 - 12/29/63 an undated
Design: General, 8/9/62 - 11/17/62
Fine Arts Decoration: State and Municipal, 12/24/59 - 4/26/63 and undated
Historic Preservation, 2/7/61 - 10/16/63 and undated (4 folders)
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Box 12
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Preservation: Historic Annapolis, 7/60 - 4/5/63 and undated (2 folders)
Public Buildings, 3/22/56 and undated
School Design and Auditoriums, 10/25/62 - 1/15/63
Urban Renewal, 5/21/62 - 10/3/63
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Architecture: Organizations
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American Institute of Architects, 3/23/62 - 2/18/64 and undated (4 folders)
A.I.A. Design Conferences, 6/62 - 8/6/63
American Craftsmen's Council, 1/16/63
Nationa1 Trust for Historic Preservation 10/13/61 - 2/21/64 and undated
Penn Station: Albany, 4/4/62 - 9/6/62
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Box 13
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Dance
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General, 2/23/62 - 1/4/63
Ballet, 12/15/62 - 2/4/63
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Education
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General, 8/2/62 – 10/18/63 (2 folders)
Educational Institutions: Artists in Residence, 5/4/63 - 6/5/63
Universities and the Creative Arts, 8/22/60 - 5/20/63 and undated (3 folders)
University Cultural Interchange: Carnegie Hall, 2/19/61 - 2/6/63
Fine Arts
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Art Colonies - Committees, 4/16/62 - 5/17/63
American Art Week, 7/17/63 - 8/16/63 (2 folders)
Mona Lisa: Inactive, 12/12/62 - 3/7/63
Painting, Clippings
Sculpture, 1962
Carnegie "Arts in the U.S.", 1963
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Slide Project
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Venice and Sao Paolo Biennials, 10/61 - 3/63
Programs: Miscellaneous, 5/63
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Fine Arts: Organizations
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American Artists Professional League, 5/1/63
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Box 14
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American Federation of Arts, 4/12/62 - 12/63 and undated
Archives of American Art, 6/62 and undated
Artists Equity, 1/62 - 7/3/63 and undated
College Art Association, 1/24/63
Fine Arts Dealers National Association, 3/8/62 - 10/21/62
Coordinating Council for Fine Arts and Antiques, 2/26/62 - 3/28/62
Council of American Artists Societies, undated
Institute of American Indian Arts, 4/26/62
International Association of Plastic Arts, 10/6/63 - 11/15/63 and undated (3 folders)
Municipal Art Society, 3/12/62
National Academy of Design, 1961 - 1962
National Society of Mural Painters, 12/19/62
President’s People to People Program: Fine Arts Committee, 6/1/62 - 12/3/62
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Graphic Arts
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General, 9/30/63 - 6/24/63
Photography, 10/21/62 - 11/3/63
Posters, Undated
Prints, 9/24/62 - 11/26/62
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Graphic: Organizations
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American Institute of Graphic Arts, undated
Society of American Graphic Artists, 2/23/62 - 3/63 and undated
Libraries
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General, 11/61 - 7/22/63 and undated
Government, 4/20/62
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Box 15
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Library of Congress, 4/61 - 1/22/64 and undated (2 folders)
Library of Congress: Cultural Activities, 5/8/62 - 2/17/64
Library of Congress: Prints and Photo Division, 4/10/62 - 6/7/63
Library of Congress: President’s Commission on the Nation’s Library, 6/7/63
National Library Week, 11/30/62 - 4/19/63
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Libraries: Organizations
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American Library Association, 6/11/62 - 11/63 (2 folders)
Council of Library Resources, 1/12/63 - 1/15/63
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Literature
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Literary Magazines, 4/9/62 - 9/2/62
Publishing: Magazines and Books, 6/17/62 - 11/18/62
Authors League of America, 5/7/62 - 9/5/62 and undated
P.E.N., 9/24/62 - 11/30/62
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Motion Pictures
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General, 5/14/62 - 5/6/63 (2 folders)
Government Films, 6/9/62 - 2/8/63
Documentary and Fine Arts Films, 4/4/63 - 6/10/63
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Box 16
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Museums
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General, 1/28/62 - 11/14/63 and undated (5 folders)
National Armed Forces Museum, 4/10/62 - 12/5/62 and undated
National Gallery, 3/14/63 and undated
National Portrait Gallery and National Collection of Fine Arts, 1/31/61 - 4/3/63 and undated
Smithsonian Institution, 6/30/61 - 1/23/64 and undated (2 folders)
Hollywood Museum, 9/18/63 - 1/13/64
International Living Museum, 6/12/62 - 2/1/63
Museum of Modern Art, 5/4/62 - 4/9/63 and undated
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Museums: Organizations
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American Association of Museums, 6/61 - 5/63 and undated (2 folders)
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Box 17
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Music
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General, 5/9/62 - 9/21/63 and undated (3 folders)
I.I.E. International Music Competition Project, 3/5/63
National Music Week, 4/24/61 - 8/13/63
Music Schools, 4/62 - 3/28/63 and undated
Opera, 5/28/62 - 11/15/63 and undated
Symphony Orchestras, 3/23/61- 1/10/64 (3 folders)
Student Symphony Orchestras, 3/27/61 - 5/8/63
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Music: Organizations
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American Composers Alliance, 5/18/63
American Federation of Musicians, 4/10/62 - 2/24/63 and undated
American Guild of Musical Artists, 3/28/62 - 1/3/63
American Opera Auditions, 1/16/57 - 6/22/62 and undated
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 3/28/62 - 2/16/64
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Box 18
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American Symphony Orchestra League, 12/16/55 - 1/1/64 and undated (3 folders)
Broadcast Music Inc., 5/24/62 - 9/30/62
Committee for International Music Exchange, undated
Delta Omicron: International Music Fraternity, 7/2/62 - 10/2/62
Free Concerts Foundation, 9/28/62 - 10/29/63 and undated
National Association of School of Music, undated
National Federation of Music Clubs, 5/7/62 - 7/2/63 and undated
National Music Camp (Interlochen), 1962
National Music Council, 5/7/62 - 6/27/63
National Opera Association, undated
Orchestra of America, 2/10/60 - 6/22/62 and undated
Recording Industries, 8/31/61 - 9/13/62
President's People to People Program: Music Committee, 10/61 - 4/22/63 and undated (3 folders)
Young Audiences, Inc., 2/21/63 - 5/6/63
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Box 19
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Poetry
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General, 5/4/62 - 5/6/63 and undated
Academy of American Poets, 4/62 - 11/63 and undated
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Radio: General, 5/22/62 - 4/26/63
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Television
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General, 4/4/62 - 1/30/63 and undated (2 folders)
Closed Circuit TV, undated
Educational TV, 3/14/6l - 10/2/03 (2 folders)
Federal Buildings Telecast, 3/3/62 - 6/21/62
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Television and Radio: National Education TV and Radio Center, 9/14/62 - 9/21/62 and undated
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Theatre
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General, 6/61 - 7/5/63 and undated (3 folders)
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Box 20
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Architecture, 4/26/63 - 6/30/63
Ashland Shakespeare Festival, 6/17/33 - 9/13/63
Children's Theatre, 2/12/63 - 10/11/63 and undated
Repertory Theatre, 4/30/62 - 9/20/63 and undated
Shakespeare Theatres and Festivals, News Clippings
Theatre "Kickback" Inquiry, News Clippings
University Theatre, 1/17/63 - 8/29/63 and undated
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Theatre: Performing Groups
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American Playwright's Group, 5/29/62 - 9/18/22
English Speaking Theatre in Paris, 8/21/62 - 11/2/62
Equity Liberty Theatre and E.L.T. for Children, 4/24/62 - 12/10/62 and undated
Institute for Advanced Studies In Theatre Arts, 3/27/62 - 11/21/62 and undated
The Living Theatre, 11/1/63 - 12/20/63 and undated
Papp Troupe - N.Y. Shakespeare Festival, 9/5/62 - 5/28/63 and undated
National Repertory Theatre Foundation, 1/23/62 - 10/18/63 and undated
Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 3/20/61 - 8/9/63 and undated
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Theatre: Organizations
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General, 3/28/62 - 9/9/63 and undated
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Box 21
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American Community Theatre Association, undated
American Educational Theatre Association, 3/24/62 - 8/26/63 and undated
American Playwrights Theatre, 1963 - 1964
ANTA (American National Theatre Academy) 3/4/62 - 3/21/63
American Theatre Wing, 1962 - 1964
Dramatist's Guild, 3/30/62 - 11/4/62
Institute for Theatre Technology, 1956 - 1962 and undated (2 folders)
League of New York Theatres, 4/24/62
National Theatre Conference, 6/3/62
Theatre Guild, 3/11/63 - 4/8/63
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Series 3. Subject File, 1949-1964.
Arrangement: by subject.
Memoranda to White house staff; incoming and outgoing correspondence, news clippings, press releases, publications concerned with the study and proliferation of the arts; invitations and programs; copies of legislation; studies and statistics on government and foundation support of the arts; memoranda of visits and phone conversations and summaries of research studies by office staff; the National Cultural Center file, including drafts of John F. Kennedy’s contribution to
Creative America
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Box 21
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Awards and Competitions
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Artistic Awards, 6/15/62 - 3/1/64
Friday Morning Music Club, 5/4/62 - 5/3/63
Meriweather Post Music Competition: Music for Young America Series, 3/16/62 - 5/29/62
Mitropoulos International Music Competition, 4/8/61 - 4/2/63 (2 folders)
Music Competitions, 2/21/63 - 3/27/63
National Book Committee/Awards, 2/20/62
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Box 22
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Conferences
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General, 10/4/62 - 8/14/63 and undated
Meetings: Participants, 4/10/62 and undated
Wingspread Conferences, June 1962, 3/28/62 - 4/8/63 and undated
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Fairs
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International Trade Fairs, 4/21/62 and undated
World’s Fair: Seattle, 4/21/62 - 5/4/62 and undated
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Festivals
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General, 4/12/62 - 10/17/63 and undated (2 folders)
Centenaries, Commemorative Events, 4/23/63 - 7/18/63
1965 Festival of Cities of the New World: Pan-American Congress of Architects, 10/2/63 - 11/19/63 and undated
Film Festivals, 4/30/63 and undated
Library of Congress Poetry Festival, 5/2/62 - 11/8/62
Music Festivals: U.S., 4/5/62 - 1/18/63 and undated
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Box 23
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Music Festivals: International, 4/27/62 - 5/17/62 and undated
Third Inter-American Music Festival, 5/12/62 - 6/5/63 and undated
Shakespeare 400th Anniversary, 6/21/62 - 2/17/64 and undated
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Foreign Countries
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Support of the Arts, 8/23/62 - 10/31/63 and undated
Britain, 3/10/62 - 1/15/64 and undated
Canada, 10/1/62 - 2/3/64 and undated
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Foundations
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General, 4/10/62 - 7/19/62 and undated (2 folders)
Publications, 6/8/62 - 3/2/64
Foundation Library Center, 4/26/62 - 8/14/62 and undated (2 folders)
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Box 24
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Ford Foundation, 2/16/59 - 1/31/64 and undated (3 folders)
Bulbenkian Foundation, 3/8/62
Mellon Foundation, 3/9/62 - 3/12/62
Rockefeller Foundation, 4/8/63 - 8/19/63 and undated
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Memorials and Monuments
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General, 5/16/62 - 2/8/63 and undated
F.D.R. Memorial, 5/31/62 - 1/28/63 and undated
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Memorial Board: Secretary Udall’s Proposal, 1/14/63 - 2/27/63 and undated
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Box 25
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Research Projects
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Rockefeller-TCF Study, 4/4/62 - 2/3/64 and undated (2 folders)
C.C.N.Y. Institute, 5/28/62
Institute of Public Administration, 3/30/62 - 9/18/62
N.Y.U Survey, 1/22/63 - 4/24/63
Panel on Educational Research & Development, 7/1/62 - 11/27/63
National Theatre Conference Study, 6/26/63 - 7/17/63
St. Louis Arts Survey: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 6/28/62 - 12/28/62
Miscellaneous, undated
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Statistics
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General, 4/8/63 - 7/17/63 and undated
Activities of the Federal Government, 4/1949 - 1961
Business and Industry and the Arts, 6/62 - 5/24/63
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Box 26
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Arts Programs
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Community Cultural Programs, 7/19/62 - 1/6/63 and undated
Community Performing Arts Programs, 4/4/61 - 10/19/62 and undated (2 folders)
State and City Support of the Arts, 2/2/61 - 5/21/63 and undated (2 folders)
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Arts Councils
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Community, 4/18/62 - 7/25/63 and undated (2 folders)
Community Arts Councils, Inc., 6/6/62 - 1963 (2 folders)
State: General and Miscellaneous, 6/12/62 - 12/19/63 and Reports (3 folders)
California, 6/15/62 - 1/21/64 and undated
Connecticut, 4/1/63 - 6/25/63 and undated
Illinois, 9/13/63 and undated
Kentucky, 2/27/62 - 12/14/62 and undated
Michigan, 9/27/62 - 11/7/63 and undated
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Box 27
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Minnesota, 2/63 - 2/26/64 and undated
Missouri, 12/30/62 - 11/4/63 and undated
Nebraska, 10/5/62 - 2/25/64 and undated
Nevada, 9/26/62 - 2/11/64 and undated
New Jersey, 10/21/63 and undated
New York, 2/15/60 - 1/27/64 and undated (2 folders)
North Carolina, 7/17/63 and undated
Washington, 2/1/61 - 10/5/63 and undated
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Cultural Centers
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Community, 12/1/61 - 7/22/63 and undated
State, 5/10/62 - 7/24/62 and undated
Lincoln Center, 3/26/62 - 10/3/62 and undated (2 folders)
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Box 28
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National Cultural Center
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General, 11/14/61 - 2/13/64 and undated (2 folders)
Background, 9/14/61 - 3/11/63 and undated (2 folders)
Committees: Membership and Meetings, 3/25/62 - 9/30/63 and undated (2 folders)
Building Design and Location, 6/15/62 - 12/22/62 and undated
Creative America, 5/24/62 - 7/3/63
Fund Raising, 4/10/62 - 12/63
Footlight, 7/62 - 1/17/64
Program and Facilities, 5/8/62 - 1/17/64 and undated
Press and Publicity, 6/1/62 - 11/27/62 and undated (2 folders)
Telecast, 6/20/62 - 3/20/63 and undated (2 folders)
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Series 4. Government Programs and Policies, 1956-1964.
Arrangement: by subject.
Background material on the establishment of presidential advisory councils; brochures, pamphlets, memoranda and correspondence on government cultural activities and artistic efforts arranged alphabetically by government agency; copies of legislation and discussion of same, including the federal advisory council act file; Bureau of the Budget survey on government activities in the arts, and other material on national arts programs.
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Box 29
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Executive Branch
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Advisory Bodies: Examples and Procedures, 3/28/56 - 1/16/64 and undated (6 folders)
Advisory Committee on the Arts, 7/6/62 - 5/28/63 and undated
Art Programs for Federal Employees, 3/20/62 - 4/29/63
Cabinet Artist Series, 5/1/62 - 11/2/63
Civilian Technology Programs, 4/63
Copyright: Proposed Revisions, 6/6/62 - 11/3/63 (3 folders)
Copyright: Rome Convention, 11/29/61 - 7/6/62
Copyright: Royalties in Public Domain, 1/25/62 - 10/31/63 and undated (2 folders)
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Box 30
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Defense: Art & Design Policies, 12/2/62 - 10/18/63
Defense: Cultural Programs for Members of the Armed Services, 3/9/62 - 5/18/63
Defense: Navy Art Programs, 11/30/62 - 7/22/63 (2 folders)
Education, 9/2/58 - 12/9/63 and undated (3 folders)
Federal Buildings: Design & Decoration, 3/30/62 - 10/3/63 and miscellaneous (8 folders)
Federal Buildings: N.Y. Civic Center, 7/10/62 - 12/18/63 (4 folders)
Federal Building Design: Post Offices, 3/21/63 - 7/22/63 (2 folders)
Federal Communications Commission, 6/6/62 - 3/4/64 and undated (2 folders)
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Box 31
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Financial Support of the Arts, 8/28/62 and undated
Foreign Embassies: Buildings and Fine Arts Programs, 11/10/61 - 5/16/63 and undated
HEW: Arts Legislative & Program Development Office, 12/14/61 - 10/3/63 and undated (2 folders)
HEW: Office of Education: Aid to Museums Project, 9/24/62 - 10/10/62
HEW: Office of Education: School Design and Auditoriums, 10/1/62 and undated
HHFA: Housing - General, 4/22/63 and undated
HHFA: Federal Housing Administration, 6/30/62 - 4/3/63
HHFA: FHA: Honor Awards, 9/25/63 - 1/6/64 and undated
HHFA: Public Housing Administration, 4/23/62 - 7/9/63 and undated (2 folders)
HHFA: Urban Renewal, 1/25/62 - 5/17/63 and pamphlets (2 folders)
Interior: Historic Sites and Buildings Program, 2/5/62 - 6/13/62 and undated
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Box 32
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National Park Service: Cultural Programs, 10/11/58 - 12/9/63 and miscellaneous (2 folders)
National Park Service: Son et Lumiere, 10/59 - 11/30/62 and undated (4 folders)
Post Office: Postal Rates, 1/25/62 - 1/63 and undated (2 folders)
Post Office: Stamp Design, 5/18/62 - 10/16/63 and undated (3 folders)
Posters: Design, 4/18/62 - 10/11/62
Public Works, 2/11/63 - 11/10/63 and miscellaneous (2 folders)
Recreation and Conservation, 4/2/62 - 3/5/63
Small Business Administration, 10/7/62 - 10/11/62 and undated
State: Hearings on Exchange Program, 9/63
State: U.S. Advisory Commission on International and Cultural Affairs, 4/2/62 - 12/3/63 and undated (2 folders)
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Box 33
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State: International Cultural Affairs: Background and Basic Data, 5/29/61 - 2/22/64 and undated (5 folders)
State: International Cultural Affairs: Correspondence, 4/4/62 - 6/14/63 and undated (4 folders)
State: International Cultural Affairs: Slater Report, 6/26/61
Statistics: Collections by Government Agencies, 7/30/62 and undated
Surplus Government Property: Real and Personal, 11/6/61 - 7/3/63 and undated (4 folders)
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Box 34
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Tariff Policy: Florence Agreement, 5/4/63 - 7/5/63
UNESCO: Misc. Pamphlets
USIA, 6/19/62 - 6/28/63 and undated (3 folders)
World's Fair: General, 1/2/62 - 6/19/63 and undated (5 folders)
World's Fair: Art Exhibit in Federal Pavilion, 8/27/62 - 10/18/63 and undated (2 folders)
Youth Programs: Employment, Juvenile Delinquency, etc., 3/6/61 - 5/11/63 (2 folders)
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Box 35
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Legislation
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Advisory Council on the Arts: 1962, 9/21/61 - 12/6/62 (3 folders)
Advisory Council on the Arts: 1963, 12/12/62 - 5/15/63
Arts Foundation Proposals: 1962, 2/2/61 - 12/12/62 (3 folders)
Arts Foundation Proposals: 1963, 1/10/63 - 3/6/64 and undated (5 folders)
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Box 36
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Federal Design: Fine Arts Decoration of Public Buildings, 1/17/59 - 10/9/63 and undated
Legislation on the Arts: Miscellaneous, 1/7/60 - 12/31/63 and undated (3 folders)
Legislation on the Arts: Miscellaneous, 1962, 10/4/59 - 10/8/62
Library Service Program, 5/21/62 - 2/11/64 and undated (3 folders)
National Cultural Center, 8/17/62 - 2/13/64 and undated (3 folders)
Pell Hearings: Humphrey and Javits Bills, 4/11/63 - 1/7/64 and undated (5 folders)
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Box 37
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Professional Organizations Tax and Miscellaneous Proposals, 5/14/62 - 2/20/63 and miscellaneous (3 folders)
Tax Deductibility and Exemption, 1/17/62 - 5/16/63 and undated (4 folders)
Tax Revision Hearings, 1963, 2/5/63 - 3/18/63 and undated (3 folders)
Tax - 1961/62, 4/20/61 - 1/24/63 and undated (2 folders)
Tax - 1963, 1/9/63 - 4/1/63 and undated (2 folders)
Washington Cultural Bills, 2/7/61 - 7/11/62
Widnall Bills, 8/7/62 - 9/5/63 (3 folders)
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Box 38
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Government Support of the Arts
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Bureau of the Budget Survey: Government Activities in the Arts, 3/27/62 - 8/28/62 and undated (4 folders)
Humphrey/Government Operations Subcommittee Study: "Government and the Arts"7/19/60 - 10/15/62 and undated (5 folders)
National Arts Programs and Policies: Important Documents, Articles, 12/8/58 - 2/1/64 and undated (3 folders)
National Arts Programs & Policies: Minor Documents, 4/2/62 - 2/24/63 and undated (2 folders)
New Deal Programs, 7/19/62 - 8/9/62
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Series 5. White House Papers, 1960-1964.
Arrangement: by subject.
Copies of presidential messages, press releases, articles, letters and speeches concerning the arts; correspondence, memoranda, lists of participants and award winners, brochures and other printed materials in planning of White House cultural activities.
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Box 39
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General
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Presidential Messages: State of the Union, etc., 1/20/61 - 2/20/63
Conference on the Arts, 5/1/61 - 8/7/62
W. H. Conference on Urban Problems, 6/9/63 - 9/30/63
Social Entertainment, 4/4/62 - 9/20/63 and undated (3 folders)
White House Historical Association, 5/31/62 and undated
Interior Decoration and Acquisitions, 5/31/62 - 10/24/62
Interior Decoration: Blair House, 4/17/63 - 8/19/63
Library, 3/28/62 - 8/1/62
Youth Concerts, 8/22/61 - 4/22/63
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Messages and Statements
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Mrs. Kennedy: Messages, 4/18/62 - 5/17/63
Miscellaneous, 7/18/62 - 5/29/63
Presidential Messages: Sent, 1/6/62 - 11/15/63 and undated (5 folders)
Presidential Messages: Not Sent, 3/31/62 - 11/15/63
Presidential Messages Not Drafted By This Office, 4/21/61 - 8/23/63
Special Consultant: Messages, 9/19/62 - 9/18/63
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Box 40
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President
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Articles, Letters, Speeches, Drafted for President, 6/14/62 - 1/10/63
Mrs. Kennedy: Meetings, Memos, 10/10/62 - 11/21/62
President Kennedy and the Arts: General, 6/4/62 - 12/5/62 and undated
President: Meetings, Memos, 5/23/62 - 1/16/64
Presidential Portrait, 3/30/62 - 3/1/63
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Recognition, Awards
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Artists and Intellectuals: Inaugural List, 10/22/60 - 5/29/62 (2 folders)
White House Recognition: General, 2/1/61 - 10/21/63 (4 folders)
Dinners, Receptions of Recognition, 4/29/62 - 5/1/63
Medal of Freedom, 2/22/63 - 12/6/63 (2 folders)
Proposed Dinner for Literary Prize Winners, 3/28/62 - 1/3/63
Salinger Award Proposals 1961, 3/7/61 - 4/20/61
Science Awards, 8/22/61 - 2/18/63 and undated (2 folders)
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Series 6. District of Columbia Files, 1960-1963.
Arrangement: by subject.
Washington City Plan files; articles, press clippings, correspondence, brochures, and other printed materials on District of Columbia cultural activities and organizations.
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Box 41
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Washington City Plan
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Washington Architecture and City Plan: General, 10/27/62 - 9/63 and undated
Potomac River, News Clippings
National Capital, 6/6/62 - 7/8/63 and undated
Pennsylvania Ave. Advisory Committee, 6/15/62 - 1/16/63 and undated
Lafayette Square - Belesko Theatre, 3/1/60 - 10/18/62
Transit: Highways and Rapid Transit, 5/27/63
Urban Renewal: General, 11/21/62
Urban Renewal: Downtown Progress, 4/5/62 - 5/29/62
Urban: Renewal: S.W. Area, 6/30/62
Urban Renewal: Waterfront Plan, News Clippings
Government and Miscellaneous, 7/19/62 - 4/3/63
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Organizations
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Fine Arts Commission, 3/14/62 - 4/25/63 (2 folders)
National Capital Planning Commission, 4/19/62 - 6/24/63 and undated
Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, 4/14/61 - 7/14/63 and pamphlets (2 folders)
Washington Planning Agencies, News Clippings
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Box 42
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Cultural Activities and Institutions
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General, 1/13/60 - 11/30/63 and undated
Aquarium, 2/5/63
Dance: American Ballet Theatre and Washington Ballet Guild, 3/19/62 - 12/21/62 and undated (2 folders)
Center for Cross-Cultural Communication, 12/3/63 and undated
Dance: National Ballet, 12/31/62 - 4/29/63
Washington School of Ballet and Ballet Guild, 1/24/63 and undated
Institute of Contemporary Arts, 4/11/63 - 9/29/63 and undated
Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 5/7/62 - 1/10/63 and undated
National Society of Arts and Letters, undated
National Symphony, 7/20/62 - 10/23/63 and undated
Theatre: Arena Stage, 3/28/62 - 7/17/63
Catholic University Theatre, News Clippings
Childrens Theatre and Museum, 9/7/62 - 3/27/63 and undated (3 folders)
Shakespeare Festival, 4/12/63 - 6/19/63
Theatre: Misc., 3/19/62
Theatre Buildings and Music Halls, 9/21/62 - 10/4/63
Visitor and Student Center, 11/27/62 - 8/6/63
Washington Arts Council, 3/28/62 - 9/25/62
Washington Opera Society, News Clippings
Horydczak Photographs, 3/29/63
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Series 7. Miscellaneous Publications, 1949-1965.
Copies of committee hearings, government documents and reports; annual reports and other publications of arts councils, festival programs, Wingspread Conference materials, and other printed items not originally incorporated into the other series of the collection.
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Box 43
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Hearings
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Federal Grants for Fine Arts Programs and Projects, 6/8/54 - 6/9/54
Federal Advisory Commission on the Arts, 7/3/57 - 7/22/57
Federal Advisory Council on the Arts, 6/10/59
Postal Rate Revision, 4/25/61 - 6/7/61
Aid to Fine Arts, 5/15/61
Economic Conditions in the Performing Arts, 11/15/61 - 2/6/62
Evaluation of the Donable Surplus Property Program, 4/3/62
Donation of Surplus Personal Property to Educational Activities of Special Interest to the Department of Defense, 8/1/62
Government and Arts, 8/29/62 - 8/31/62
President's 1963 Tax Message, 2/6/63
President’s 1963 Tax Message: Confidential Committee Print, 2/6/63
Public Buildings, 1963, 3/20/63
National Arts Legislation, 10/28/63 - 11/1/63
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Box 44
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Reports
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Government Programs in International Education, 1/3/59
Federal Advisory Council on the Arts, 7/19/61
Evaluation of Donable Surplus Property Program, 6/28/62
To Establish a U.S. National Arts Foundation, 10/2/62
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Miscellaneous Publications
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Ministries of Education, HEW
Public Building Act of 1926 with Amendments
U.S. Government Films
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Box 45
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Arts Council of Great Britain
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The Public and the Arts, 1952 - 1953
Public Responsibility for the Arts, 1953 - 1954
Housing the Arts, 1954 - 1955
The First Ten Years, 1955 - 1956
Art In The Red, 1956 - 1957
A New Pattern of Patronage, 1957 - 1958
The Struggle for Survival, 1958 - 1959
The Priorities of Patronage, 1959 - 1960
Partners in Patronage, 1960 - 1961
Annual Report, 1960 - 1961
Annual Report, 1961 - 1962
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New York State Council ors the Arts, 1961 - 1964
Arts Festivals
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Wellingborough Trades Union Festival, 9/9/62 - 9/15/62
Nottingham Trades Union Festival, 9/23/62 - 9/29/62
Leicester Trades Union Festival, 10/7/62 - 10/13/62
Birmingham Trades Union Festival, 10/21/62 - 10/27/62
Bristol Trades Union Festival, 11/4/62 - 11/10/62
Hayes and Southall Trades Union Festival, 11/18/62 - 11/24/62
Centre 42 Pamphlets, undated
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Box 46
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Canadian Art
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National Magazine of the Arts, 5/62 - 6/62
Facilities for Study in the Arts in Canada, 7/62
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The Canada Council
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Opening Proceedings, 5/57
The Council and the Arts, 1958
Annual Reports, 3/31/58 - 1963
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Commission of Fine Arts
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Sixteenth Report, 7/1/48 - 6/30/54
Art and Government Report to the President, 1953
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Box 47
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Wingspread Conference, 6/8/62 - 6/10/62 (12 folders)
Columbia University Conference, 10/62
The Home News Discussion on a More Beautiful New Jersey, 12/12/61
Proposals For The Improvement Of The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, 5/6/63 - 1/6/64
AFA Quarterly: Vol. 1, No. 3: Role of the Government in Art Today, 1963
International Music Calendar, 1962
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Box 48
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A Planning and Financial Feasibility Survey, 6/59
Greater St. Louis Arts Survey, 3/63
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Box 49
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Planning Study for a National Visitor And Student Center
United States Commission New York Worlds Fair, 1964 - 65
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