Agency history files, 1935-1960.

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Agency history files, 1935-1960.

These records are general account books and ledgers which document museum financial administration and membership. The earliest ledgers detail the financial beginning of the museum while the membership books contain lists of members and monies donated.

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Library of Virginia

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Art museum; Richmond, Va. From the description of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts records, 1919-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132799 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the nation's first state-supported art museum, opened to the public in 1936, "to promote education in the realm of art throughout the commonwealth," (Section 9-78, Code of Virginia). Partnership between private donors and state legislators, however established a pattern begun in 1919 when Joh...