Smithsonian Institution Archives

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution

Record Unit 312
National Collection of Fine Arts,
Office of the Director,
Records,
1912-1965

Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1908-1965, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

  Series 2. SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION, 1948-1964.

  Series 3. PHOTOGRAPHS.

  Series 4. SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, 1948-1965.


INTRODUCTION

Record Unit 312 was transferred from the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Archives to the Smithsonian Institution Archives in October 1984. The NMAA Archives, which was created in January 1975, and located in the Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Building, came under the daily administration of the NMAA, with technical supervision and assistance provided by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The NMAA Archives was discontinued in October 1984.

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.


HISTORICAL NOTE

The charter creating the Smithsonian Institution (SI) includes a provision for collecting works of art. The earliest collection of the Gallery of Art consists of prints and drawings collected by George Perkins Marsh and paintings of Indians by John Mix Stanley and Charles B. King. In 1865, a fire in the Smithsonian building destroyed most of the collection. Surviving paintings and sculptures were transferred to the Corcoran Gallery and the prints and drawings were transferred to the Library of Congress. All of the collections were transferred back to SI in 1895 and added to the George C. Catlin collection, which had been acquired in 1879.

In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt recommended to Congress that the SI establish a National Gallery of Art and to accept additions to its collection. Congress failed to take action on the recommendation. In 1906, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, interpreting the original provision in the SI charter, defined the Gallery of Art to be in fact the National Gallery of Art. Substantial additions of works of art by Harriet Lane Johnston and William T. Evans to the collection of the newly renamed National Gallery of Art (NGA) during 1906 and 1907 formed the nucleus of the new Gallery. In 1937, NGA became the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) when its old name was assigned to the new museum created by Andrew W. Mellon. In 1980, NCFA was renamed the National Museum of American Art (NMAA).

The Gallery was administered by the United States National Museum (USNM) from 1906 to 1920. William Henry Holmes, Chief of the American Bureau of Ethnology, 1902-1909, and Head Curator of Anthropology, 1910-1920, served, concurrently, as Curator of NGA, 1907-1920. In 1920, Congress granted money to the NGA to become a separate Smithsonian bureau. Holmes resigned from the USNM, and served as Director until his retirement in 1932. From 1932 to 1946, Ruel P. Tolman, who previously was Curator of the Division of Graphic Arts, USNM, served as Acting Director (NGA, 1932-1937; NCFA, 1937-1946) and Director (1946-1948, at his retirement). The directors after Tolman were Thomas M. Beggs (1948-1964), David W. Scott (1965-1968), Robert Taylor Davis (interim, 1969), Joshua C. Taylor (NCFA, 1970-1980; NMAA, 1980-1981), Harry Lowe (interim, 1981-1982), and Charles C. Eldridge (1982-1988).

Prior to 1906, the art exhibits were displayed in a room in the SI Building. From 1907 to 1909, the exhibits were split between the Arts and Industries Building and the Corcoran Gallery. From 1910 to 1968, the exhibits were held in the second floor in the Natural History building (just off the Rotunda, behind the escalator). In 1939, Architect Eliel Saarinen drew plans for a Smithsonian Gallery of Art on the site where the National Air and Space Museum now stands. In 1968, the Museum opened its first permanent gallery in the renovated Old Patent Office building, which it co-occupies with the National Portrait Gallery. The building was known as the Fine Art and Portrait Gallery (1968-1981), and the American Art and Portrait Gallery (since 1981).

Record Unit 312 documents for the most part the administration of Thomas M. Beggs, Assistant Director (1947-1948) and Director (1948-1964).

Thomas M. Beggs (1899-1990, born in Brooklyn, New York) graduated from Pratt Institute, 1920; Yale University, BFA 1924; attended the Ecole Americaine des Beaux Arts, Fountainbleau; and did graduate studies at the Fogg Museum, Harvard University.

From 1926 to 1947, Beggs served successively as Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Art at Pomona College, Claremont, California. He also served as the head of the Art Department prior to coming to NCFA.

In 1964, Beggs was appointed Special Assistant to the Secretary for Art of the Smithsonian Institution and served in this capacity until his retirement in 1965.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records consist of administrative memoranda, budget, travel, and personnel files; correspondence with art collectors and institutions, mostly inquiries on the identification and preservation of works of art, including photographs; lectures and newspaper articles written mostly by Beggs and Rowland Lyon, NCFA's Curator; information on restoration or preservation methods; and information on the proposed Smithsonian Gallery of Art, and the Eliel Saarinen design, 1939. Also included are files culled from previous NCFA directors, which includes a script by William Henry Holmes (read on radio by Austin H. Clark, 1923) and administrative memoranda, 1908-1918.

Smithsonian Art Commission materials include minutes of meetings, NCFA annual reports, and lists of members, 1948-1964; and correspondence with Lloyd Goodrich and with caterers.

Photographic materials consist of black-and-white prints and negatives of NCFA exhibit halls; objects in or formerly in NCFA's collections, 1950-1956; the Cultural Anthropology exhibit, 1950; NGA exhibit halls; and the SI building's Upper Main Hall.

Special exhibition files concern the exhibitions of individual, local, and international works of art held monthly at the NCFA between 1948 and 1965. Included are correspondence and memoranda, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and photographs. The 1962 "Art and Archaeology of Viet Nam" exhibit is well-documented in this collection.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1908-1965, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

This series consists of administrative memoranda, budget, travel and personnel files; correspondence with art collectors and institutions, mostly concerning the identification and preservation of works of art, with photographs; lecture and newspaper articles written by NCFA staff, mostly by Thomas M. Beggs and Rowland Lyon; notes on restoration or preservation methods; and information on the proposed Smithsonian Gallery of Art (never constructed), and the Eliel Saarinen design, 1939. Also in this series are files culled from previous NCFA directors, which include administrative memoranda, 1908-1918, and a script by William Henry Holmes (read on radio by Austin H. Clark, 1923).

Box 1 of 57
Folder1   Abajian - Adams
Folder2   Addressograph, 1955. Recommendation for establishing a central addressograph service for Smithsonian lectures and exhibits, by Paul H. Oehser
Folder3   Admission fees, 1954. Proposed admission fees to Smithsonian; copy of questionnaire to heads of bureaus, offices and divisions
Folder4   Agar - Amdur
Folder5   The Albertype Company and the Artvue Post Card Company, 1943-1956. Postcards and supplies
Folder6   Amateur - American Library
Folder7   American Philosophical Society, 1957, 1959. Grant application sponsor
Folder8   American Psychological Association, 1958. Speech by Thomas M. Beggs
Folder9   American Society of Fine Arts - Angelini
Folder10   Ancient and medieval art, reference on, 1944
Folder11   Antiques, Pate-sur-Pate, 1948
Folder12   Antiques, sales of, 1960
Folder13   Anton - Argentina
Folder14   Arkansas, Department of Education, State of, 1949-1951. Plans for exhibitions at NCFA
Folder15   Arlington - Arrue
Folder16   Art Digest - Artist Equity Association
Folder17   Artmobile, 1953-1956. Artmobile sponsored by the Virginia Museum. Beggs gave opening statement
Folder18   Art Rental Gallery - Ashton

Box 2 of 57
Folder1   Asia Month, 1957. Various activities pertaining to Asia, planned by the Museum's Committee for Asia Month
Folder2   Asia Society Newsletter, December 1959
Folder3   Asian Glass, 1956. Glass works by Asian artists exhibited at NCFA
Folder4   Association of Federal Architects - Azarenko
Folder5   Auctioneer (Ward-Price), newsletter, 1960
Folder6   Auditorium Commission, 1955-1956. Plans for creation of an auditorium-civic center for Washington, DC
Folder7   Authentication of oil paintings, 1942. Includes a mimeographed manual by the Whitney Museum, 1942
Folder8   Authentication of works of art, 1962-1964
Folder9   Bacon, Henry, 1950. Correspondence concerning the whereabouts of Bacon's Lincoln Memorial drawings
Folder10   Bach - Barnum
Folder11   Barney House catalogue, 1961. Drafts of introduction for catalogue
Folder12   Baron - Beauchamp
Folder13   Beck, Walter, 1948-1953
Folder14   Becker - Bedford
Folder15   Beggs, Thomas M. Draft report concerning the NCFA, new NCFA building, American art, and preservation of works of art
Folder16   __________, "Care of Paintings," lecture notes, 1951

Box 3 of 57
Folders1-5   Beggs, Thomas M., Travels, 1948 -1964. Includes correspondence, memoranda, itineraries, and travel reports

Box 4 of 57
Folder1   Beighol - Belle Arte
Folder2   Belleek Porcelain, undated. A summary by Malcolm Watkins
Folder3   Bellinger - Beymer
Folder4   Bibbie - Bieber
Folder5   Biennale (Venice), 1956
Folder6   Bigelow - Billingham
Folder7   Billings, Penny, 1963
Folder8   Birdwell - Blair
Folder9   Blair House, 1962
Folder10   Blanchard - Bloor
Folder11   Boatner - Bolton
Folder12   Bonner, Paul Hyde, 1952
Folder13   Bonnet - Bonsteel
Folder14   Book Reference
Folder15   Books and Manuscripts, Illumination of, 1944
Folder16   Born - Boynton
Folder17   Bradford - Bristow
Folder18   Bronze casting - Lost Wax Method, 1950
Folder19   Broda - Bryce
Folder20   Buchanan - Burton
Folder21   Budget allotments, 1942-1950
Folder22   Budget data, 1945-1961
Folders23-24   Budget materials, 1957-1965
Folder25   Building program, NCFA and SI, 1952. Proposal for Smithsonian Gallery of Art
Folder26   Building program, SI, report, 1952-1955
Folder27   Bury, Edmund, 1949-1956
Folder28   Bussing - Byrnes

Box 5 of 57
Folder1   Cadbury - Capitol
Folder2   Caracotch - Carmel
Folder3   Carmichael, Leonard, 1953-1961
Folder4   Carnegie - Cartwright
Folder5   Casanova - Cawse
Folder6   Cepilli - Centre
Folder7   Chabot - Chaw
Folder8   Checchi - Chyet
Folder9   Ciesla, Julia, 1948-1954
Folder10   City Chemical - Clinton
Folder11   Coak - Conway
Folder12   Cooley - Cozens
Folder13   Craft - Crumley
Folder14   Cultural Research - Czech

Box 6 of 57
Folder1   Calendar, proposed, 1959
Folder2   Camellia Japonica
Folder3   Catalogues, distribution of, FY 1952-1956
Folder4   Catalogue, 1964. Proposal for decorative arts catalogue
Folder5   Ceramic Convention, 1956
Folder6   Claims, 1957-1959
Folder7   Collections, 1942
Folder8   Collections, care of, 1964-1965
Folder8A   Collins, Mrs. James L., 1956 (Accession 06-278)
Folder9   Columbia Broadcasting Company
Folders10-22   Committees:
Committee on Future Policies, 1946
Condemnation Committee, 1958-1961
Downtown Washington Committee, 1961
Executive Committee, 1955
Flag Committee, 1954
Committee on Government and Art, 1952-1954 (Report to the President)
Ad Hoc Committee on Honorary Titles, 1954
Modernization Committee, circa 1950-1963
Ad Hoc Committee - Pennell Fund, 1960-1961
Planning Committee, Sub-Committee and Public Relations, 1948-1954
Ad Hoc Committee on Preservation, 1959-1960
Committee for the Preservation of American Art, 1948-1959 (2 folders)

Box 7 of 57
Folders1-2   Committees (cont'd):
Public Relations Planning Committee
S.I. Committees, 1957-1959
Folder3   Congressional bills regarding the Arts, 1921, 1930, 1956-1957
Folders4-5   Congressional correspondence, 1926-1961
Folder6   Congressional record, 1937-1959
Folder7   Congressional resolution (Klein-Cellar), 1951
Folder8   Cooperation Sales Promotion Company, 1948
Folder9   Copyright law, 1932-1948
Folder10   Cosmos Club, 1957

Box 8 of 57
Folder1   Dailey - Days
Folder2   Dean - DeVoe
Folder3   Dickout - Doyle
Folder4   Draghi - Dysken
Folder5   Damascening
Folder6   Dayton Art Institute, 1965
Folder7   Dudley, Frank E., 1958
Folder8   Damages (in packing, etc.)
Folder9   DeAtley, C. Everard, 1949-1956
Folder9A   Drury, Arthur P., 1957 (Accession 06-278)
Folder10   Duty on artworks, 1919-1947
Folder11   Eastman - Elzea
Folder12   Elliott - Erickson
Folder13   Etchinson, Bruce, 1949-1962
Folder14   Etchinson, W. - Eyres
Folder15   Efficiency rules, 1944, 1953
Folder16   Employment policy, 1953, 1955
Folders17-18   Evacuation, 1942, 1951-1952

Box 9 of 57
Folder1   Exhibitions, 1963-1964
Folder2   Exhibitions, 1952-1964. Plans for and data about organization
Folder3   Exhibitions, press releases, 1964-1965
Folder4   Exhibitions, proposed exhibitions, 1954-1958
Folder5   Expositions, 1876-1915
Folder6   Eye on the Arts, 1957
Folder7   Facchia - Ferrell
Folder8   Field - Floud
Folder9   Fogg - Fox
Folder10   Franc - Frye
Folder11   Fuhrman - Furman
Folder12   Fabrics, 1947-1950
Folder13   Fair employment, 1953
Folder14   Federal Security Agency, 1949
Folder15   Fields of Fine Arts, definitions of, 1946
Folder16   Films
Folder17   Fine Arts Library, 1949. Suggestions for creating a library
Folder18   Finger paint
Folder19   Finland, 1951
Folder20   Florida Artists Group, Inc., 1954-1960
Folder21   Forms for recording telephone messages, 1959
Folder22   Frames, directions for applying gold leaf or gold paint
Folder23   Frames, directions for cleaning gold leaf or gold frames
Folder24   French Legion of Honor, Inc., American Society for the, 1954-1955
Folder25   Funds, FY 1959-1960
Folder26   Fulbright Fellowship applications, 1954

Box 10 of 57
Folder1   Gadwell - Garde
Folder2   Gardner, Paul V., 1949-1951
Folder3   Gardner, R. - Geigle
Folder4   Geller, Hans, 1951-1955
Folder5   General Federation of Women's Club, 1952-1956
Folder6   Gentry - Getty
Folder7   Gfeller - Gloss
Folder8   Goddard - Gowda
Folder9   Grabow - Gryczt
Folder10   Gundmunsen - Gwin
Folder11   Gellatly Catalogues, 1953-1955
Folder12   Gellatly Collection, 1952-1953
Folder13   Gifts/purchases - declined/abortive, 1942-1963
Folder14   Glass
Folder15   Cameo glass
Folder16   Stained glass
Folder17   Guides, SI and A&I buildings, circa 1917-1927
Folder18   Gunther, Louisa Brown: Foreign claims, 1958

Box 11 of 57
Folder1   Haas - Haptonstall
Folder2   Harder - Hazel
Folder3   Health - Heyer
Folder4   Hicken - Hoeke
Folder5   Hoelzer, C. Fritz, 1940-1956
Folder6   Hoemann - Hogarth
Folder7   Holaas - Holt
Folder8   Homer - Horvath
Folder9   Hough - Hoyt
Folder10   Huang - Hydeman
Folder11   Handling museum objects in public areas
Folder12   Hobby Show - Golden Age, 1954
Folder13   Holmes, William Henry, administrative memoranda, 1908-1918
Folder14   ___________, List of art publications
Folder15   ___________, National Portrait Gallery
Folder16   ___________, National Collection of Fine Arts, radio script (read on radio by Austin H. Clark, 1923)
Folder17   Huntington Hartford

Box 12 of 57
Folder1   Icelandic Arts - Inter-com
Folder2   International Art Market - Inverarity
Folder3   Iowa - Ivey
Folder4   Identification of works of arts
Folder5   Indestructible pictures, 1960
Folder6   Inquiries, responses, mostly by David W. Scott, 1964
Folder7   International Committee on Ancient Glass, 1954
Folder8   Invitation lists
Folder9   Irish Legation, 1951
Folder10   Italian painters, 13th century - 18th century
Folder11   Jacksier - Jansen
Folder12   Jarvis - Jex
Folder13   Johansen - Johnston
Folder14   Jolley - Jurecka
Folder15   Japanese artists of colored prints, list of
Folder16   Japanese exhibitions, 1950-1957
Folder17   Kahn - Kayser
Folder18   Keddy, John L., 1948-1959
Folder19   Keester - Kelly
Folder20   Kellogg, Remington, 1950-1958
Folder21   Kellogg, Royal S., 1958-1962
Folder22   Kemp - Ketterer
Folder23   Khayat - Kitzmiller
Folder24   Klapthor - Knox
Folder25   Koenig - Kowzan
Folder26   Kragh - Kwaitkoski

Box 13 of 57
Folder1   La Barge - Lawson
Folder2   Lea - Lewison
Folder3   Libby - Livingston
Folder4   Lloyd - Lowing
Folder5   Luchsinger - Lyon, E. (Lyon, Rowland: See Box 14)
Folder6   Labor Department, 1962
Folder7   Latin American exhibits, 1933-1934
Folders8-9   Lending Collection, 1952, 1964
Folder10   Library (NCFA) book purchases, 1952-1957
Folder11   Lighting in Gallery, 1952
Folder12   Lindsay, G. Carroll, memoranda, 1960-1962
Folder13   Lists of works of art for postcards, 1945
Folder14   Lists of information sources for works of art
Folder15   Loan, inter-museum loan procedures, 1949

Box 14 of 57
Folder1   Lyon, Rowland, art show, Santa Margherita, July 1956
Folder2   __________, art shows; career outlines; articles
Folders3-8   __________, correspondence, 1951-1964
Folder9   Lyon, Rowland, "Puzzlement as to the Direction of Art Today"
Folder10   __________, "Ralph Earl: Troubled Painter in a Turbulent Time," 1964

Box 15 of 57
Folder1   Maas - Madsen
Folder2   Magliocchi, Teofilo, 1957-1959
Folder3   Mahoney - Manship
Folder4   Marconi - Mayersek
Folder5   McCabe - McPherson
Folder6   Meagher - Meltzer
Folder7   Mendelowitz - Meyer
Folder8   Michaels - Mitchell
Folder9   Modern - Mowinkle
Folder10   Mudd - Myers
Folders11-13   Management improvement reports, 1950-1954
Folder14   Management intern program, 1957

Box 16 of 57
Folder1   Marble, treatment of iron stains on
Folder2   Martin, Glenn J. Invoices for renovations of works of art
Folder3   Massachusetts, lists of famous artists born in Massachusetts between 1737 and 1862
Folder4   McComb, Solomon, exhibits, 1954-1955
Folder5   Meissen and Other German Porcelain, catalogues, 1957
Folder6   Memoranda, miscellaneous, 1963-1964
Folder7   Meriden Gravure Company, 1943-1949
Folder8   Merit promotion plan, 1959
Folder9   Mexican arts, bibliography
Folder10   William T. Mitchell statue, 1947-1957
Folder11   Moss Photo Service, 1943-1950
Folder12   Mounting documents on crepelene
Folder13   Mounting cloth on paper
Folder14   Mounting old canvas
Folder15   Mural paintings and decorations, references
Folder16   Mural project for rotunda, 1955
Folder17   Museum publications
Folder18   Nachmanson - Naval
Folder19   Needler - Nimy
Folder20   Noble - Nyman
Folder21   National Archives, 1944
Folder22   NCFA: Checklist of Collection, circa 1930's-1940's
Folder23   NCFA: Floor plans, 1963
Folder24   NCFA: History of, 1962-1963
Folder25   NCFA: Outstanding events and highlights, reports to the Smithsonian Art Commission and the Board of Regents, 1933-1962
Folder26   NCFA: Plans
Folder27   NCFA: "Recommendations for administrative actions," by Thomas M. Beggs, March 31, 1964
Folder28   National exhibitions of small paintings, 1962
Folder29   New York Public Library: Method of preserving newspapers and manuscripts

Box 17 of 57
Folder1   News releases, 1953-1959
Folder2   Niehaus, Marie J., 1939-1959
Folder3   Oakland - Odorn
Folder4   Oesher, John, 1950-1959
Folder5   Oldach - Olive
Folder6   Oliver, L. L., 1948-1959
Folder7   Oliver, Lawrence - Olthoff
Folder8   Onderdonk - Over
Folder9   Occidental landscape paintings: Lists of books
Folders10-11   Operations Coordinating Board, 1957-1958

Box 18 of 57
Folders1-2   Operations Coordinating Board, 1959-1960
Folder3   Opinions: Dr. Venture, Dr. Suida, and Dr. Richter, 1939
Folder4   Paarlberg - Parke
Folder5   Parker - Pascor
Folder6   Pathfinder - Payne
Folder7   Pearce - Peyton
Folder8   Pfieger - Plourde
Folder9   Po - Pomeroy
Folder10   Pope - Powys
Folder11   Prasad - Pryor
Folder12   Puckett - Pyne
Folder13   Paper Can Be Split, 1940
Folder14   Parian
Folder15   Pass list, 1954
Folder16   Patent information, 1949

Box 19 of 57
Folders1-2   Personnel: General
Folder3   Personnel:
Bailey, Worth
Christisen, Muriel
Whitehead, James
Folders4-6   Personnel:
Billings, Penelope
Burton, Barbara
Castrodale, Anne
Folder7   Personnel: Civil Service Administration, Museum Series (tentative), 1949
Folders8-12   Personnel:
Paul Vickers
Jackson, William Henry
Martin, Glenn J.
Pope, Annmarie
Tolman, Ruel Pardee
Folder13   Personnel: Work Project Administration

Box 20 of 57
Folder1   Plastic spray
Folder2   Physically handicapped, 1956
Folder3   Photograph Orders
Folder4   Postcards
Folder5   Potter's Craft: Bibliography
Folder6   Preservation and care of leather bookbinding
Folder7   Preservation and care of paintings
Folder8   Preservation and cleaning of carpets and rugs
Folder9   President's Scientific Research Board, 1946-1947
Folders10-12   President's Special International Program, 1956-1962
Folder13   Priming of printer's canvas, 1954
Folder14   Procedures
Folder15   Projects in progress, 1963
Folder16   Protection of works of art during wartime, 1939-1941
Folder17   Publicity
Folder18   Quandt - Quitgaard

Box 21 of 57
Folder1   Rabenou - Rayn
Folder2   Reagan - Reynolds
Folder3   Rhoads - Ritenour
Folder4   Robbins - Romyn
Folder5   Roosevelt (Mrs. Kermit) - Roy
Folder6   Rubin - Ryan
Folder7   Henry Ward Ranger Collection, 1916-1959
Folder8   Regents: NCFA exhibits, 1957-1958
Folder9   Remington Rand, 1955
Folder10   Reports (NCFA), 1948-1954

Box 22 of 57
Folder1   Reports (NCFA), 1955-1959
Folder2   Reproduction and Reproduction Rights for Museum-Owned Objects, by The American Federation of Art, 1962
Folder3   Research project reports, 1949-1957
Folder4   Repairs, 1963-1964
Folder5   Sabatino - Saltonhall
Folder6   Salvatore, Victor, 1946-1955
Folder7   Salzano - Sawicki
Folder8   Sawyer - Sayer
Folder9   Scalamander - Schill
Folder10   Schindler - Schweitzer
Folder11   Sears - Setzler
Folder12   Shakespeare Quarterly - Shuck
Folder13   Shumway, Mrs. J. J., 1948-1949
Folder14   Shupe - Sizer
Folder15   Skutch - Slinger
Folder16   Smathers - Smith, G.
Folder17   Smiths, Harry W., 1948-1950
Folder18   Smith, Hillen - Smithson
Folder19   Snead - Snyder

Box 23 of 57
Folder1   Sobhani - Southwick
Folder2   Sovary, John, 1957-1960
Folder3   Soviet - Soxman
Folder4   Spanel - Sprinkle
Folder5   Staber - Stanhope
Folders6-8   State, United States Department of, 1937, 1949-1961
Folder9   Steadman - Stivers
Folder10   Stocking - Styron
Folder11   Suhren - Symanski

Box 24 of 57
Folder1   Saarinen, Eliel: Smithsonian Gallery of Art building design, 1939
Folder2   Science fairs, 1949-1959
Folder3   Sculpture, bibliography
Folder4   Sculpture in rotunda, 1958
Folder5   Sheepskin straightening, method of, 1936
Folder6   Sketching in the Gallery, 1953
Folder7   Slides: Reproduction and sales, 1948-1954
Folder8   Sloane, Sir Hans (founder of the British Museum). Display of portrait, 1953
Folder9   Smithson, James: "A Method of Fixing Crayon Colours," 1825
Folder10   Smithsonian Art Commission, 1959
Folder11   Smithsonian Gallery of Art: Congressional resolutions, 1938
Folder12   Smithsonian Gallery of Art: Washington Star articles, 1953
Folder13   Sources of reproductions of Western paintings, 1964
Folder14   Spectrochemical analysis of glass, 1962
Folder15   Storage and relocation of paintings, 1962
Folder16   Staffordshire pottery, 1950
Folder17   The Strong Fund, 1942-1948
Folder18   Supersonics, 1957
Folder19   Taabor, Henry, 1954-1955
Folder20   Tack - Taynton
Folder21   Teckenburg - Textile
Folder22   Tharp - Thornton
Folder23   Tiktin - Tisher
Folder24   Tolbert - Townsend
Folder25   Tracy - Trygger
Folder26   Tschaegle - Tyler
Folder27   Tax deduction regulations, 1957
Folder28   Teleprompter, 1959
Folder29   Television, 1953
Folder30   The Three Lions, Inc., 1948-1953
Folder31   Thompson, Frank, materials concerning NCFA
Folder32   Titles

Box 25 of 57
Folder1   Tolman, Ruel Pardee: Antique articles, 1937, 1948
Folder2   ______________: Biographical materials
Folder3   ______________: Lecture on George Washington, January 9, 1939
Folder4   Tours, 1962, 1964
Folder5   Truman, Harry S: Correspondence concerning family photographs, 1952-1953
Folder6   Typewriter
Folder7   Uber - Urgo
Folder8   UNESCO, 1949-1959
Folder9   USIA: Decorating USIA foreign offices, 1955-1957
Folder10   Vacarro - Vaughan
Folder11   Veerhoff - Vennersten
Folder12   Vick - Vivrette
Folder13   Vomacka - Vose
Folder14   Vredenburgh - Vuncannon
Folder15   Value of NCFA and Freer collections, circa 1920
Folder16   Varnishes, 1951
Folder17   Vocational rehabilitations, 1953-1954
Folder18   Wager - Waikart
Folder19   Wale, Herbert E., 1958-1959
Folder20   Walker - Wall
Folder21   Wallack, Nathan N., 1949
Folder22   Walling - Wanderstock
Folder23   Wang Chi-Yuan, 1961-1962

Box 26 of 57
Folder1   Warneke - Watrous
Folder2   Watson - Watters
Folder3   Weathersby - Wein
Folder4   Weinberg, Gladys D., 1953-1954
Folder5   Weinberg, H. - Weinstein
Folder6   Weiss, Helena, 1948-1958
Folder7   Weldon - Werner
Folder8   Wessels - Western
Folder9   Wetmore, Alexander, 1949-1951
Folder10   Weyher, Harry F., 1957
Folder11   Whaley, Mrs. R. S. (formerly Mrs. R. M. Barksdale), 1950-1951
Folder12   What's New - Whyte
Folder13   Wick - Wilding
Folder14   Wiley - Willett
Folder15   Williams, B. - Williams, W.
Folder16   Williams, M. Woodbridge, 1950-1953
Folder17   Williamsburg - Wilson
Folder18   Winfield - Witthoft
Folder19   Woeltz - Woods
Folder20   Woodward, Katherine, 1948-1953
Folder21   Wosk - Wyeth
Folder22   Wills
Folder23   Work program analysis, 1946-1950
Folder24   Yarbo - Yugoslavia
Folder25   Zarnick - Zumaglini

SERIES 2.
SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION, 1948-1964.

The Gallery of Art Commission was created by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution on December 8, 1925. In 1937, the name was changed to the National Collection of Fine Arts Commission following the creation of a separate National Gallery of Art. On January 13, 1938, the Commission was renamed the Smithsonian Art Commission (SAC).

The function of the Commission was to consider all art matters concerning fine arts under SI's jurisdiction. The SAC submits its findings to the Board of Regents.

The SAC members are appointed by the Board of Regents. The members consist of five artists, five fine arts experts, and five businessmen or fine arts professionals. The Secretary of SI is an ex officio member. The term of service is four years, and each member may be reappointed.

This series consists of minutes of the SAC meetings, 1948-1964; NCFA annual reports, 1948-1964; correspondence, mostly with caterers and with Lloyd Goodrich; and lists of SAC members, 1948-1964.

Box 27 of 57
Folder1   Smithsonian Art Commission meetings, 1949-1953
Folder2   Smithsonian Art Commission meeting, 1954, including correspondence with Lloyd Goodrich
Folders3-5   Smithsonian Art Commission meetings, 1954-1959

Box 28 of 57
Folders1-3   Smithsonian Art Commission meetings, 1960-1964

SERIES 3.
PHOTOGRAPHS.

This series consists mostly of black and white prints of NCFA collections; exhibit halls; drawing of a site plan for a proposed Smithsonian Gallery of Art; objects in or formerly in NCFA's collections, 1950-1956; the Cultural Anthropology exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution building, 1950; National Gallery of Art exhibit halls; and the SI building's Upper Main Hall.

Box 29 of 57
Folder1   Cultural Anthropology exhibit, Smithsonian Institution building, December 1950
Folder2   NCFA exhibits, Natural History building, 1952
Folders3-5   NCFA collection photographs, undated. Descriptions on reverse side
Folder6   National Gallery of Art exhibits, Natural History building, undated
Folder7   Objects formerly in the NCFA collection or not in the collection, 1950-1956
Folder8   Smithsonian Gallery of Art, site plan, 1939
Folder9   Smithsonian Institution building, Upper Main Hall, undated
Folder10   "Laboring Youth" by Hermann Blumenthal (Accession 06-278)

SERIES 4.
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, 1948-1965.

This series documents the NCFA's monthly exhibitions for individual, organization, and international works of art. Documents include correspondence and memoranda, mostly concerning exhibition preparations and shipments of works of art; exhibition pamphlets, announcements, and catalogues; newspaper and journal articles; and photographs.

Also included in this series is correspondence with donors whose donations of art works were accepted or rejected by the Smithsonian Art Commission.

This series is arranged alphabetically by artist's name or exhibit title.

Box 30 of 57
Folder1   Chase, Joseph Cummings, Portraits of Soldiers of Two World Wars, August 1948
Folder2   Grandma Moses, November 1948
Folder3   Hoosier Salon, April 1949
Folder4   Juarez, Benito, portrait, 1949
Folder5   Louisiana State Society, March 1949
Folder6   Metropolitan State Art Contest, November 1948
Folder7   Polish Manual Arts, January 1949
Folder8   Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, February 1949
Folder9   Washington Water Color Club, May 1949
Folder10   American Society of Miniature Painters, April - May 1950
Folder11   Belgian Lace, cancelled, February 1950
Folder12   British Information Service, Queen Mary's Carpet Exhibit, March-April 1950
Folder13   Deichmann, Dr. Christian, Watercolors from Greenland. Includes photographs, July 1951
Folder14   Despujois, Jean, Indo-China Collection, February 1950. Includes photographs
Folder15   Evans Collection, William T., March 1950
Folder16   French artists, January 1950
Folder17   Metropolitan State Art Fair, November 1949

Box 31 of 57
Folder1   Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers, June 1950
Folder2   National League of American Pen Women, April 1950
Folder3   Reuchlin, Mme. Henriette J., September 1949
Folder4   Smith, Joseph Lindon, paintings of ancient Egyptian monuments, June 1950
Folder5   Society of Washington Artists, December 1949
Folders6-7   Adams-Clement Exhibition. Includes photographs, April 1951

Box 32 of 57
Folder1   Artists from San Salvador, March 1951
Folder2   Artists' Guild of Washington, October 1950
Folder3   Dewing, Thomas Wilmer. Includes photographs, May - July 1951
Folder4   Florida Artist Group. Includes photographs, June 1951
Folder5   The Kiln Club of Washington, DC, August 1950
Folder6   Metropolitan State Art Contest, November 1950
Folder7   Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, May 1951
Folder8   The R. W. Norton Foundation
Folder9   Pictorial Art of the American Indians. Includes photographs, September 1950
Folder10   Ryder Exhibition
Folder11   Society of Washington Artists, February 1951
Folder12   Swiss Posters. Includes photographs, June 1951
Folder13   Washington Water Color Club, December 1950
Folder14   Washington Sculptors Club, August 1950

Box 33 of 57
Folder1   Art and Magic of Arnhem Land, Australia, January - February 1952
Folder2   Finnish Arts and Crafts. Includes photographs, June 1952
Folder3   Kiln Club of Washington, DC. Includes photographs August-September 1951
Folder4   Metropolitan State Art Contest, November 1951
Folder5   The Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society, May 1952
Folder6   National League of American Pen Women, April 1952
Folder7   National Science Fair, May 1952
Folder8   Society of Washington Artists, March 1952
Folder9   Washington Sculptors Group, August 1951
Folder10   Washington Water Color Club, May 1952

Box 34 of 57
Folder1   Artists Guild of Washington, December 1952 - January 1953
Folder2   Audubon Society, May 1953
Folder3   Contemporary Indian Arts and Crafts Exhibition, January 1953
Folder4   Hardesty, Marguerite S., Citizen of Japan Exhibit, August 1952
Folder5   Kiln Club of Washington, DC. Includes photographs, September 1952
Folder6   Metropolitan State Art Contest, November 1952
Folder7   Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers of Washington, DC, May 1953
Folder8   Norwegian Decorative Paintings. Includes photographs, October 1952
Folder9   Post, Charles Johnson. Includes photographs, December 1952 - January 1953
Folder10   Potomac Craftsmen (Swedish), July 1952
Folder11   Sims, Lt. Col. Harold H., February 1953
Folder12   Society of Washington Artists, March 1953
Folder13   Washington Sculptors Group, September 1952
Folder14   Washington Water Color Club, June 1953

Box 35 of 57
Folder1   British Memorial Committee. Includes photographs, September 1953
Folder2   Bulloch - Willis, Virginia, paintings presented as gift to NCFA
Folder3   Children's Art, District of Columbia Public Schools, December 1953
Folder4   Dolls and Related Objects, May 1954
Folder5   Ferrell, Josephine Tarbell, paintings of Edmund C. Tarbell loaned to NCFA. Includes photographs, 1949-1962
Folders6-9   From the Land of the Bible. Includes photographs, January 1954
Folder10   Inter-service Photography Contest, July - August 1953
Folder11   The Kiln Club of Washington, DC, September 1953
Folder12   Per Krough. Includes photographs, June - July 1954

Box 36 of 57
Folder1   McCullock, Spencer R., offer to donate sketches in polychrome wax, (not accepted)
Folder2   Metropolitan State Art Contest, November 1953
Folder3   The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers of Washington, DC, May 1954
Folder4   National League of American Pen Women, April 1954
Folder5   The Society of Washington Artists, February 1954
Folder6   Washington Water Color Club, March 1954
Folder7   American Association of University Women, offering 8 drawings to NCFA. Includes photographs
Folder8   Artists' Guild of Washington, December 1954
Folder9   Audubon Society, April 1955
Folder10   Carl Bodmer Paints the Indian Frontier, January 1955
Folder11   Gift from the German People. Includes photographs, January 1955
Folder12   History Under the Sea, July - August 1954
Folder13   Inter-service Photography Contest, February 1955
Folder14   Jewish Tercentenary, May 1955

Box 37 of 57
Folder1   Kiln Club of Washington, DC. Includes photographs, September 1954
Folder2   Metropoltan State Art Contest, November 1954
Folder3   The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, April 1955
Folder4   Netherlands Exhibition, October - November 1954
Folder5   Society of Washington Artists, June 1955
Folder6   Washington Sculptors Group, October 1954
Folder7   Washington Water Color Club, March 1955
Folder8   Seal Island Paintings by Henry Wood Elliott, April - May 1956
Folder9   Finnish Crafts. Includes photographs, April - May 1956
Folder10   Kiln Club of Washington, DC, September 1955
Folder11   Metropolitan State Art Contest, October - November 1955
Folder12   The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, June 1956
Folder13   National League of American Pen Women, March - April 1956

Box 38 of 57
Folders1-2   Peru: Past and Present, July - August 1955
Folder3   Plant Portraits. Includes photographs, November - December 1955
Folder4   Watercolor and Prints by Pierre Joseph Redoute. Includes photographs, January - February 1956
Folder5   Society of Washington Printmakers, January - February 1956
Folder6   United Nations Exhibit, October 1955 - February 1956
Folder7   Washington Sculptor Group, February - March 1956
Folder8   Washington Water Color Club, June 1956

Box 39 of 57
Folder1   Artist Guild of Washington, March 1957
Folder2   Kiln Club of Washington, DC. Includes photographs, August - September 1956
Folder3   Demetrios J. Kokotsis paintings, December 1956
Folder4   Metropolitan State Art Contest, November 1956
Folder5   The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers of Washington, DC, May - June 1957
Folder6   Contemporary Paintings of Life in Pakistan. Includes photographs, April 1957
Folder7   Contemporary Persian Miniatures, December 1956
Folder8   Portraits in Plaster, February 1957
Folder9   Five Hundred Years of Turkish Border Tiles, April 1957
Folder10   Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, June - July 1956
Folder11   The Society of Washington Artists, October 1956
Folder12   Society of Washington Printmakers, January 1957
Folder13   Washington Sculptors Group, March 1957
Folder14   Washington Water Color Club, May - June 1957

Box 40 of 57
Folders1-2   Paintings by Winston Churchill. Includes photographs, April - May 1958
Folder3   Recent Works by Cock van Gent. Includes photographs, July 1957
Folder4   Glass from the Ancient World, December 1957 - January 1958
Folder5   Contemporary Paintings of Indonesia, June - July 1957
Folder6   Kiln Club of Washington, DC, August - September 1957
Folders7-8   Sculptures by Paul Manning. Includes photographs, February - March 1958

Box 41 of 57
Folder1   Metropolitan State Art Contest, October - November 1957
Folder2   Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, May - June 1958
Folder3   National League of American Pen Women, March - April 1958
Folder4   Photography Club, June - July 1957
Folder5   Society of Washington Printmakers, January - February 1958
Folder6   Society of Washington Artists, November - December 1957
Folder7   Swedish Textile Today, April - May 1958
Folder8   Washington Water Color Club, May - June 1958
Folder9   American Art League, December 1958 - January 1959
Folder10   American Indian Ethnohistoric Conference, November 1958
Folder11   Anthropology and the Nation's Capital, November 1958 - January 1959
Folder12   Photographs of Angkor Wat, April - May 1959
Folder13   Stone rubbings from Angkor Wat, April - May 1959
Folder14   Photographs of Argentina, March - April 1959
Folder15   Contemporary glass and textiles of Argentina. Includes photographs, March - April 1959

Box 42 of 57
Folder1   Barrett, Paul, sculpture works donated to NCFA. Includes photographs
Folder2   British artist craftsmen, January - February 1959
Folder3   Bachrach, Walter K. and Mildred R., donation of painting, "Fisher Boys," to NCFA
Folder4   Third Biennial Exhibition of Creative Crafts, August - September 1958
Folder5   William T. Evans Collection, April - June 1959
Folder6   Fulbright painters, February - March 1959
Folder7   Fulbright designers, February - March 1959
Folder8   Haskell, Jean re: paintings by Seymour Thomas. Includes photographs
Folder9   Hill, Cornelia, gift of a painting by H. Boesce

Box 43 of 57
Folder1   Langhorne bequest
Folder2   Mayer, Louis, bronze bust of Albert Schweitzer. Includes photographs
Folder3   Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, May - June 1959
Folder4   Children's paintings from Morocco, June 1959
Folders5-7   Profiles of the time of James Monroe. Includes photographs, October - November 1958
Folder8   Inter-service Photography Contest, June - July 1959

Box 44 of 57
Folders1-3   Henry Ward Ranger Centennial Includes photographs, 1958-1959
Folders4-5   Sculptures, oils, watercolors, and drawings by Charles M. Russell October - November 1958. Includes photographs

Box 45 of 57
Folder1   Society of Washington Artists, February 1959
Folder2   Washington Board of Trade: Festival of the Arts and Music
Folder3   Washington Water Color Club, May 1959
Folder4   American Art League, Inc., October - November 1959
Folder5   Archeological Society of Maryland Annual Meeting, October 1959
Folder6   The art of animation, July - August 1959
Folder7   Three Danish printmakers, February - March 1960
Folder8   Greek costumes and embroideries, April 1960
Folder9   Ikebana International
Folder10   Contemporary Indian crafts, August - September 1959
Folder11   The Kiln Club of Washington, August - September 1959
Folder12   National League of American Pen Women, March - April 1960
Folder13   Norweigian tapestries, December 1959 - January 1960
Folder14   Society of Washington Printmakers, January - February 1960
Folder15   The Tennessee Art League, June - July 1960

Box 46 of 57
Folder1   United Nations, October 1957
Folder2   United States Air Force Art Collection. Includes photographs, May 1952

The Art and Archeology of Viet Nam, 1954-1964

Folder3   The art and archeology of Viet Nam, October 1960
Folder4   Catalogue: Draft
Folder5   Catalogue: Dummy catalogue
Folder6   Catalogue: Olov Janse's notes
Folder7   Catalogue: Requests, acknowledgements, and receipts
Folders8-9   General correspondence, 1954-1960

Box 47 of 57

The Art and Archeology of Viet Nam, 1954-1964

Folders1-2   Inventory lists
Folders3-4   Museums
Folder5   Museums, French
Folder6   Museum rejects
Folder7   Newspaper articles
Folder8   Press releases

Box 48 of 57

The Art and Archeology of Viet Nam, 1954-1964

Folder1   Requests for grants
Folder2   Publication: L'Art Vietnamien, by L. Bazacier
Folder3   State Department; Navy Department
Folders4-5   Substantiation for loss items
Folders6-7   Transportation and insurance
Folder8   Miscellaneous

Box 49 of 57
Folders1-12   Art and archeology of Viet Nam, 1954-1964, photographs: exhibit installation; exhibit opening ceremony; photographs of collection

Box 50 of 57
Folders1-4   Art and archeology of Viet Nam, 1954-1964, color slides, mostly of the exhibition collection. Also includes two boxes of glass transparencies.

Box 51 of 57
Folder1   Walters, Emile, 1959-1961. Offer to bequeath his paintings of Iceland, Greenland, and Norway (Vineland Collection) pending approval from the Smithsonian Art Commission
Folder2   Washington Water Color Club, February - March 1960
Folder3   American Artists Professional League, April 1961
Folder4   America on Stone - Department of Civil History, January - February 1961
Folder5   American Art League, November 1960 - January 1961
Folder6   Aviation paintings and drawings by Charles Hubell, December 1960 - January 1961
Folder7   Bartlett, Paul Wayland, memorabilia. Regarding miniature bronzes donated to SI
Folder8   Creative Craft Exhibition, August - September 1960
Folder9   Danish Deep Sea Research, October - November 1960
Folder10   Inter-service Photography Contest, June 1961
Folder11   Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society, May 1961
Folder12   Numismatic Society, April 1961
Folder13   New theaters in Germany, May 1961
Folder14   Religious Art Exhibit, June 1961
Folder15   Folk Art From Rumania, July - August 1960
Folder16   Society of Washington Artists, September - October 1960
Folder17   Tagore Commemorative Exhibit, May 1961
Folder18   Washington Watercolor Association. Includes photographs, March - April 1961

Box 52 of 57
Folder1   World of Werner Bischof, February - March 1961
Folder2   Society of Washington Artists, October - November 1961
Folder3   American Art League, November - December 1961
Folder4   Americans - Views from the Far East. Includes photographs, December 1961 - January 1962
Folder5   George Catlin Exhibit, December 1961 - January 1962
Folder6   Hidden World of Crystals, April 1962
Folder7   John Baptist Jackson Exhibit, June 1962
Folder8   Kiln Club of Washington, September - October 1961
Folder9   Character of Korea, January - February 1962
Folder10   Magnificent Enterprise - Education Opens the Door, August 1961
Folder11   Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society, May 1962
Folder12   National League of American Pen Women, April 1962
Folder13   Okinawa - Continuing Traditions. Includes photographs, May 1962
Folder14   Ornithological Union, October 1961
Folder15   Recchia, Richard. Regarding donation of bronze works of art to SI. Includes photographs

Box 53 of 57
Folder1   Society of Federal Artists. Includes photographs, June 1962
Folder2   Society of Washington Printmakers. Includes photographs, February - March 1962
Folder3   Ikle and Jacoby Lace Collection, February - March 1962
Folder4   Washington Water Color Association, March 1962
Folder5   Art Directors' Show, June 1963
Folders6-7   Art of Thailand, December 1962

Box 54 of 57
Folder1   Contemporary