ARTS (AR)
(2.0
linear feet; boxes 1-5)
A
primary subject category containing materials relating to the fine arts such as
painting, drawing, sculpture, poetry, prose, writing, music, dancing, theater,
museums, languages, engravings, and dramatic art.
DESCRIPTION
OF FILE CODES
File
Code Description
AR Arts (2.0 ft;
This primary
subject category contains materials relating to federal
appointments regarding the arts; select poems, music,
and drawings from citizens sent to the President usually through their Senators
or Representatives; art loans and needed items for museums from federal
holdings, US signing and compliance with the Berne Convention on protection of
literary and art works; delegations of authority needed to bring US
participation in the 1970 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property;
correspondence both pro and con for the establishment of English as the
national language; requests for support of various cultural institutions;
requests to perform for the President and various visiting dignitaries; small
amounts of material from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Humanities on ongoing business and reports; and various
Congressional resolutions on fine arts related matters.