5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) United States. Commission of Fine Arts.

  1. George Peabody Wetmore papers, 1885-1916

    2,000 items. 15 containers. 5.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Governor and United States representative and senator from Rhode Island. Correspondence related mainly to the United States Commission of Fine Arts.

  2. Charles Moore papers, 1848-1944

    6,000 items. 22 containers. 8.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Author and art historian. Correspondence, letterbooks, date books, notes, articles, speeches, picture post cards, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the Plan of 1901 for Washington, D.C., the restoration of the White House in 1902-1903, the Washington, D.C., Park Commission, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and American architecture.

  3. Lee Lawrie papers, 1908-1990

    15,500 items. 65 containers plus 2 oversize. 26 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Sculptor. General and family correspondence, sculpture commission files, biographical file, and other papers documenting Lawrie's career as a sculptor whose works were an integral part of public buildings, monuments, and churches throughout the United States.

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  4. David E. Finley papers, 1921-1977

    31,000 items. 92 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Museum director and lawyer. Correspondence, subject files, financial papers, drafts of speeches and writings, family material, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to Finley's duties as special assistant to Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, his role in the founding and his subsequent service as director of the National Gallery of Art, and his activities with numerous other artistic and cultural organizations.

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  5. Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation records, 1966-2020

    18,400 items. 52 containers plus 4 oversize. 22.6 linear feet. 572 digital files (102.79 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Nonprofit organization that established a Washington, D.C., memorial to women who served in the Vietnam War. Clippings, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, architectural and design drawings, reference materials, official publications, speeches, testimony, photographs, printed matter, and other records chiefly documenting the organization's activities in physical format; video interviews and news clips are in digital formats.

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