Director Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
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content: National Academy of Design records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Box 11)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.natiacad, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Director files include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and printed material relating to National Academy of Design chief administrators Vernon Porter (1950-1966), Earl Tyler (1966-1967), Alice Melrose (1967-1977), and John H. Dobkin (1978-1990). Correspondence is with council officers and others addressing routine administration, school affairs, exhibitions, election of honorary members, bills and accounting, and other daily business. Files for Porter comprise the bulk of the series and a few are arranged by subject, including one concerning the publication of a book by then president, Eliot Clark, on the history of the Academy.