James H. Chillman, Jr. correspondence and miscellaneous subjects, 1924-1970.

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James H. Chillman, Jr. correspondence and miscellaneous subjects, 1924-1970.

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The bulk of the correspondence is from Chillman's Interim Directorship of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from 1959 to 1961. Individual correspondents include benefactors, fellow staff, and colleagues such as Miss Ima Hogg; Miss Stella Shurtleff; Ruth Pershing Uhler; architect William Ward Watkin; Ward Lockwood; Edsel Ford; Burke Baker; John Palmer Leeper; and James Johnson Sweeney. Correspondence subjects include exhibitions, Museum activities, and events; donations and loans; appraisals; possible acquisitions; restoration of works in the collection; and Chillman's travel arrangements. Much of the correspondence relates to local and national art-related radio broadcasts, such as the series "Art in America" (1932 to 1940) jointly sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art and the American Federation of Arts. Chillman actively promoted these programs with local broadcasters. He also organized speakers for local radio programs aired weekly by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and composed copy for public service radio spot announcements regarding Museum events. These activities are reflected in his correspondence. The papers include press releases and printed ephemera related to the "Art in America" broadcasts.

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James H. Chillman, Jr., first Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, was born in Philadelphia on December 24, 1891. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, with concentrations in architecture and drawing. In 1916 he joined the Faculty of Rice University in Houston and was later appointed a Fellow in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome (1919-1922). He served as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from 1924 to 1953 and a...

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Lockwood, Ward

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Hogg, Ima

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Ima Hogg, daughter of Governor James Stephen Hogg, was born in Mineola, Texas, on July 10, 1882. After graduating from the University of Texas, between 1901 and 1909 she studied music in New York, Berlin, and Vienna. She then moved to Houston, where she gave piano lessons to a select group of pupils and helped found the Houston Symphony Orchestra. She served as the first vice president of the Houston Symphony Society and became president in 1917. Ima Hogg was also involved in founding the Housto...