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Letter from Joe Strickland to Samuel F.B. Morse, president of the National Academy of the Arts of Design

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  • Illustrated Catalogue, National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition 1918

    Illustrated Catalogue, National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition 1918

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    One exhibition catalog entitled Illustrated Catalogue, National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition, 1918, published by the National Academy of Design, New York, 1918. Also on the title page: "Open March 13th to April 21st, 10 am to 6 pm and 8 to 10 pm, Sundays 1:30 to 6 P.M." and "Price, Twenty-five Cents". This item is 50 numbered pages in length, with 14 pages of advertisements on either side of the main portion of the catalog. It is not illustrated. The front cover reads: National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition, MCMXVIII. The insides of the front and back covers contain advertisements.

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  • Poster show : Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia

    Poster show : Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia

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    Image of an advertisement for an art show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two women in long dresses and hats hold show programs at center.

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    William Herschel certificate from the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences

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    Official notification of the election of William Herschel to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Massachusetts (with seal, dated 1788, April 30). Signed by Joseph Willard (President of Harvard), Caleb Gannett, and James Bourdain.

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    The Index of American Design

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    Conceived as an effort to identify and preserve a national, ancestral aesthetic, the Index of American Design comprises 18,257 watercolor renderings of American folk and decorative arts objects from the colonial period through 1900.

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    National Endowment for the Arts

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    Materials related to Dana Gioia's tenure as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, an independent federal agency created to fund the arts and arts education in American communities. Includes documentation of Gioia's nomination and confirmation, reports, his congressional testimony, and various programs he worked with, including Poetry Out Loud, NEA Jazz Masters, The Big Read, Shakespeare in American Communities, and Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience.

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    -----. Album page: Norwescon and Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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    3 photographs and 1 page with autograph notes. Album page: Richard Lupoff. 1987. Note: top, "Richard Lupoff & friend at Norwescon. 1987." OEB 7695 Album page: Air Force Academy speakers. 1988. Note: center, "from the Air Force Academy - Conf. on the Fantastic." Subject : Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts. OEB 7696 Album page: Dr. John Pfeiffer and daughter. 1988. Note: bottom, "Dr. John Pfiffer and daughter - Conf. on the Fantastic, 1988." Subject : Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts. OEB 7697 Page with autograph notes. OEB 7698

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