Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation records
name: label: Creator
content: Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation
label: Names
content: Cooke, Hereward Lester
topic: label: Topic
content: Middle aged persons
label: Topic
content: Art -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by W.T.M. Beale, a trustee of the Foundation who maintained the records from its inception.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arts foundation, Washington, D.C. Supported "visual artists in mid-career." Founded in honor of Hereward Lester Cooke, an artist and Curator of Painting at the National Gallery of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.herelest
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Files on the history of the foundation, sponsors, trustees, and advisory committees; declaration of trust and by-laws; appeal letters, 1974-1989; letters to the advisory committee, 1974-1988; press releases and publicity; financial statements, 1974-1987; application forms; correspondence with applicants; records of applications, 1976-1988; letters of regret to applicants; letters confirming awards; files on 46 Cooke Fellows, 1975-1988; and miscellany.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Ca. 1,000 files on rejected applicants located at National Museum of American Art Library, Vertical Files.