August Heckscher papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23000
Subjects: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.); Public architecture; New York (N.Y.). Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration; Woodrow Wilson Foundation; International House (New York, N.Y.); Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Leisure; American Council for Nationalities Service; Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation; Yale University; Parks; Council on Foreign Relations; New York (N.Y.).; City planning; United States. White House Office; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.); United States; New York herald tribune; City and town life; Twentieth Century Fund
Description: Correspondence, speeches, writings, and other papers relating to Heckscher's work as an arts consultant in the White House during John F. Kennedy's administration, editorial writer at the New York Herald Tribune, director of the Twentieth Century Fund, and parks commissioner and administrator of recreation and cultural affairs for the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration, New York, N.Y.  Subjects include New York, N.Y., urban life, city planning, public architecture, parks, leisure in modern life, and Woodrow Wilson.  Organizations represented include the American Council for Nationalities Service, Council on Foreign Relations, Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation, International House, New York, N.Y., John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the international council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and Yale University.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Claude Heckscher, 2000.

Author, arts consultant, social commentator, and journalist.

Collection material in English.

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