National Endowment for the Arts.
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or records:
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
MacDowell Colony Records
Identifier: MSS55012
Abstract
The MacDowell Colony was founded as an artist colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1907 by Marian MacDowell who dedicated it as a memorial to her husband, American composer Edward MacDowell. The bulk of the records reflects the operational and administrative functions of the colony, its parent organization, the Edward MacDowell Association, and its fundraising staff based in New York. Consists of correspondence, applications for admission, minutes of meetings, reports, legal and...
Dates
1869-2017; Majority of material found within 1945-2007
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
I. M. Pei Papers
Identifier: MSS83787
Abstract
Architect. Correspondence, planning files, biographical material, maps, blueprints, drawings, proposals, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, press releases, clippings, invitations, brochures, interviews, appointment calendars, travel records, certificates, awards, and photographs related to architectural activities, urban planning, and professional associations of I. M. Pei.
Dates
1920-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-2000
Collection
Found in:
Manuscript Division
People for the American Way and People for the American Way Foundation Records
Identifier: MSS85989
Abstract
Progressive advocacy organization. Founded in 1981 by Norman Lear, Barbara Jordan, Theodore M. Hesburgh, and Andrew Heiskell as Citizens for Constitutional Concerns, Inc. Renamed People for the American Way in 1985 and People for the American Way Foundation in 1998. The records include administrative files, reports, correspondence, meeting materials, photographs, publications, press files, financial documents, and legal files documenting public policy initiatives, field projects, and...
Dates
1980-2009; Majority of material found within ( 1989-2006)
Collection
Found in:
Music Division
Roger L. Stevens Papers
Identifier: ML31.S733
Abstract
Roger Lacey Stevens (1910-1998) was an American theatrical producer and financial backer with more than 200 shows to his credit; an arts administrator who served as the founding chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the first chair of both the National Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts; and founder, executive officer, and shareholder of numerous commercial and residential real estate businesses that owned iconic buildings including the...
Dates
1863-2002; Majority of material found within 1935-1990