MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-
Variant namesArt historian, administrator, museum director. Died 1973.
MacAgy was chosen to revitalize the 70 year old California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, after WWII, then he was a special consultant to the director of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, as director of research for an art dealer in New York, as director of the Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, and he was Director of National Exhibitions at the National Endowment for the Arts, 1968-1972.
From the description of Douglas MacAgy papers, 1916-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557223
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | San Francisco Art Association and related organizational records | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Herbert Machiz records concerning the Artists' Theatre, New York, 1954-1976. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-. Letter, 1959, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991. The MacAgy years, 1945-1950 / E. Bischoff. | Museum of Contemporary Art | |
| creatorOf | Douglas MacAgy papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Mary Fuller McChesney papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-. Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1965. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| referencedIn | Howard Wise Gallery records | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Howard Wise Gallery records | Archives of American Art |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Mary Fuller McChesney | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Abram Lerner | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Frank Lobdell | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991, | person |
| associatedWith | Howard Wise Gallery. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lerner, Abram. | person |
| associatedWith | Lipman, Jean, 1909-1998. | person |
| associatedWith | Lobdell, Frank, 1921- | person |
| correspondedWith | Machiz, Herbert. | person |
| associatedWith | McChesney, Mary Fuller. | person |
| associatedWith | Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964. | person |
| associatedWith | Russell, Morgan, 1886-1953. | person |
| associatedWith | San Francisco Art Association. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1913
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