Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1914

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Summary

Secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott tells the Board of Regents about Mr. Charles Lang Freer's increases in his art collection since 1906 and the Board discusses the site for the Freer Gallery of Art. The Chancellor appoints a committee to decide upon and secure the site.

Subject

  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Board of Regents

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • Regents Minutes
  • Title 20, Education
  • Board of Regents - Resolutions

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Board of Regents, Minutes, Volume 4 (Minute book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

December 10, 1914

Topic

  • Art, Asian, Art
  • Art
  • Art, American
  • Art museums
  • Secretaries
  • Museums
  • History
  • Benefactors
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Grounds
  • Construction (Buildings)
  • National Collections
  • Private collections
  • Art--History
  • Art, Asian, Art--Private collections
  • Art, Chinese
  • Art, Japanese
  • Art, Korean
  • Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

Board of Regents

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 313-314

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