IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 842 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that The MacDowell 
Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, should be recognized for its 
contribution to the arts around the world, and the cultural heritage 
of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. HODES (for himself and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hamp-
shire, should be recognized for its contribution to the 
arts around the world, and the cultural heritage of the 
United States. 
Whereas for over 100 years, The MacDowell Colony has of-
fered creative individuals an inspiring environment in 
which to produce enduring works of the imagination; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony was founded in 1907 by Ed-
ward MacDowell, a composer and founder of the music 
department at Columbia University, and Marian Mac-
Dowell, a pianist and member of the music fraternities 
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Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Omicron, Phi Beta, and Alpha 
Chi Omega; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony is located on 450 acres and 
has been a National Historic Landmark since 1963; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony archives reside at the Li-
brary of Congress and the story of how it became the 
first program of its kind in the Nation is told through 
an online exhibition; 
Whereas in 1997, The MacDowell Colony was awarded the 
National Medal of Arts by President William Jefferson 
Clinton; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony has helped artists thrive in 
a collaborative environment; 
Whereas over 6,000 artists have worked there, including Mil-
ton Avery, James Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein, Willa 
Cather, Aaron Copland, Mary Higgins Clark, Jonathan 
Franzen, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Oscar Hijuelos, Galway 
Kinnell, 
Suzan-Lori 
Parks, 
Alice 
Walker, 
Wendy 
Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, and many other talented 
artists; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony was where playwright 
Thornton Wilder wrote the great American classic ‘‘Our 
Town’’; 
Whereas the Edward MacDowell Medal is a national award 
presented each summer at The MacDowell Colony in 
Peterborough to a creative artist in the United States 
whose body of work has made an outstanding contribu-
tion to the national culture; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony has given back to New 
Hampshire through such public programming as ‘‘Mac-
Dowell Downtown’’, which features monthly performances 
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in downtown Peterborough, and ‘‘MacDowell in the 
Schools’’, which offers arts education to local classrooms; 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony holds an annual National 
Benefit to celebrate and honor those who have contrib-
uted to the arts; 
Whereas Fellows of The MacDowell Colony have been recog-
nized for their prestigious work with Pulitzer Prizes, 
MacArthur ‘‘Genius’’ awards, EMMYs, Oscars, and 
Sundance awards, GRAMMY Awards, Tonys, and Obie 
awards, and have been named as U.S. Poets Laureates; 
and 
Whereas The MacDowell Colony is an important artistic com-
munity that has been essential to the cultural heritage of 
the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, 
New Hampshire, should be recognized for its contribution 
to the arts around the world, and the cultural heritage 
of the United States. 
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