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Box 111

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Vouchers, 1950-1952

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball organized the Societe Mansart in 1950 for the purpose of raising funds by private subscription to purchase the Alfred Marie Collection of architectural tracings and other documents on French architecture under the Bourbons for the Library of Congress. As the organization's President, Kimball was in charge of fund raising and negotiating the acquisition of the collection's more than 3,000 documents, including those regarding Versailles, the Trianons, the Menagerie, Fontainebleau and...
Dates: 1950-1952

Announcements, 1953-1954

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: In April 1954, Kimball was asked by United States Postmaster General Summerfield to oversee the United States Post Office's Program of Competition for the design of a limited number of postage stamps. The program was a collaboration between the Post Office and the Commission of Fine Arts, and offered an opportunity, according to Kimball, "to disseminate better taste...and to encourage the best artistic talent of the country by employing artists of ability." During his short involvement with...
Dates: 1953-1954

Correspondence, 1953-1954

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: In April 1954, Kimball was asked by United States Postmaster General Summerfield to oversee the United States Post Office's Program of Competition for the design of a limited number of postage stamps. The program was a collaboration between the Post Office and the Commission of Fine Arts, and offered an opportunity, according to Kimball, "to disseminate better taste...and to encourage the best artistic talent of the country by employing artists of ability." During his short involvement with...
Dates: 1953-1954

Reference material, 1953-1954

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: In April 1954, Kimball was asked by United States Postmaster General Summerfield to oversee the United States Post Office's Program of Competition for the design of a limited number of postage stamps. The program was a collaboration between the Post Office and the Commission of Fine Arts, and offered an opportunity, according to Kimball, "to disseminate better taste...and to encourage the best artistic talent of the country by employing artists of ability." During his short involvement with...
Dates: 1953-1954