David Finley
Subtitle: quiet force for America's arts
By: David A. Doheny.
Publisher: National Trust for Historic Preservation; University of Virginia Press; Distributed by the University of Virginia Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Finley, David E.; Arts administrators -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Son of the Old South : 1890-1915; title: The law as a bridge : 1915-1924; title: Mr. Mellon's Finley : 1924-1931; title: Marriage to Margaret Eustis : 1931; title: Realizing Mr. Mellon's dream : 1932-1937; title: Mr. Finley's National Gallery of Art : 1938-1956; title: Wartime: 1941-1945; title: Mr. Finley's Roberts Commission : 1942-1946; title: A Congressional charter for historic preservation : 1944-1949; title: Mr. Finley's National Trust for Historic Preservation: 1950-1962; title: Mr. Finley's Fine Arts Commission : 1943-1963; title: Mrs. Kennedy and Mr. Finley : 1961-1964; title: Creating the National Portrait Gallery : 1948-1968; title: The man within : 1890-1977; title: Epilogue.