Professional Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: McCray, Porter A., 1908-2000
setName: label: See more items in
content: Porter A. McCray papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8.2 Linear Feet (Box 3-11, OV 12-13)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mccrport, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Professional files documenting McCray's work as an arts advisor, consultant, director, committee member, board member, and lecturer are located in this series.  There are files for his work with the Asian Cultural Council,  Asia Society, Byrd Hoffman Foundation, Cunningham Dance Foundation, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Indo-United States committees, International Council of Museums, Japan Society,  Society of Architectural Historians, the JDR 3rd Fund, the Museum of Modern, UNESCO, and as an attaché at the United States Foreign Service.  

File contents vary and may include administrative documents, annual reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, printed material, and project records. Of note in the Museum of Modern Art files is a letter of appreciation from Mark Rothko to McCray for his work organizing Rothko's exhibit in Paris.