Headquarters/buildings/fund raising records, 1838-1959.

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Headquarters/buildings/fund raising records, 1838-1959.

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Records pertaining to the several buildings which housed the Academy and the school including some which were proposed, but not executed. Material deals with with construction, sale, design, fund raising, and site selection for replacement headquarters. Included are notes, texts of addresses, architectural plans and specifications, committee reports, news clippings, deeds, brochures, fire insurance policies, contracts, other legal papers, lawyers' correspondence, and correspondence commenting on some of the plans. A series of related records document the Fellowship Fund concerning successful fund raising efforts to erect a new building, 1860s, and a similar but unsuccessful fund raising effort to build replacement headquarters, 1896-ca. 1930. Another series of records involves the efforts of a group of art organizations called the National Academy Association to secure permanent headquarters for the National Academy of Design as well as the Association organizations, 1911-1958, primarily 1911-1913.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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National Academy of Design (U.S.)

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Art society; New York, N.Y. Harry Watrous was elected president of the National Academy of Design in 1894. He served as Chairman, Executive Committee on Art for the State of New York for the International Exposition of 1904 (Louisiana Purchase Exposition). Charles M. Kurtz was editor of NAD's Academy Notes, and was Asst. Chief, Dept. of Fine Arts, for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. From the description of National Academy of Design letterbook, 1891-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat...

National Academy Association.

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National Academy of Design (U.S.). Fellowship Fund.

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