National Portrait Gallery Planning Begins
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PrintIn accordance with a resolution adopted at the 1958 Smithsonian Art Commission meeting, a committee is appointed by the Chancellor to assist in the organization of a National Portrait Gallery and to advise in the plans for adapting the Old Patent Office Building to the needs of such a gallery. The committee is comprised of Regents John Nicholas Brown, Sen. J.W. Fulbright, Rep. Frank T. Bow and Caryl P. Haskins.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1960. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1961, p. 98.
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