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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball was a member of the Rockefeller Center Art Advisory Committee appointed to oversee the artistic scheme of the fourteen original buildings in this complex. The Committee selected the theme "New Frontiers" and chose artists to contribute over 100 works, ranging from mosaics to architectural friezes, and from sculptures to murals. The records are comprised primarily of correspondence with the architects, Reinhard & Hofmeister, Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, and Hood &...

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Kimball was a member of the Pennsylvania commission formed to plan the observation of Jefferson's bicentennial. The records are comprised mainly of correspondence with state officials.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball correspondence primarily with the author, Richard Offner, and the secretary of his Berlin office, Henrietta Hardenberg, regarding the status of the work and related financial matters. Other topics included proposals for publishers, incorporation and funding, and logistical concerns, such as the removal of plates and stock from Berlin to London. There is also a significant amount of correspondence between Kimball and other members of New York University's Committee on the Florentine...

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Administrative files document the financing, production and distribution of the "Corpus." Material includes contracts, financial documents, subscription information, prospectuses, and critical reviews by noted art historians, including Roger Fry, Bernard Berenson and Lionello Venturi.

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These records document the general planning activities of the Executive Committee, which was comprised of Kimball, Stuart G. Gibboney, Randolph Perry, and U. S. Congressmen Carter Glass, Howard W. Smith, and Sol Bloom. The subseries contains mainly correspondence between Committee members and associated material regarding the organization of meetings and activities and relevant Congressional bills, resolutions, and acts, specifically those concerning appropriations.

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These records document the general planning activities of the Executive Committee, which was comprised of Kimball, Stuart G. Gibboney, Randolph Perry, and U. S. Congressmen Carter Glass, Howard W. Smith, and Sol Bloom. The subseries contains mainly correspondence between Committee members and associated material regarding the organization of meetings and activities and relevant Congressional bills, resolutions, and acts, specifically those concerning appropriations.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: In addition to other celebratory events, the Executive Committee recommended that the complete writings of Jefferson be published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. Kimball was a member of the Advisory Committee appointed to oversee this undertaking. While planning began on "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson" as early as 1940, the first volume did not appear until 1950 (as of 2002, only 29 of the planned 50 volumes have been published). The records are comprised...

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Files consist primarily of manuscripts, typescripts, and printed versions of Kimball's various articles related to Latrobe's architectural work. Some files also include photographs, photostat reproductions of Latrobe's architectural drawings, and research correspondence, including letters received after publication.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball's research consisted of biographical and genealogical material regarding Latrobe, as well as research material on specific aspects of his career, such as his work as first Surveyor of Public Buildings in the United States. Other material includes extensive research correspondence; clippings; photographs; and copies of Latrobe's correspondence from various archival repositories with notable Americans, including Thomas Jefferson and Dolly Paine Madison. Kimball compiled photostatic...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball's research consisted of biographical and genealogical material regarding Latrobe, as well as research material on specific aspects of his career, such as his work as first Surveyor of Public Buildings in the United States. Other material includes extensive research correspondence; clippings; photographs; and copies of Latrobe's correspondence from various archival repositories with notable Americans, including Thomas Jefferson and Dolly Paine Madison. Kimball compiled photostatic...