Leslie Cheek, Jr. papers, 1940-1994.

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Leslie Cheek, Jr. papers, 1940-1994.

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The papers include correspondence, drawings and blueprints relating to the proposed 1942 exhibition "For Us the Living." The papers document the planning process of the exhibition, also identified in its early stages to those involved as "Project X". The concept for the exhibition was developed by Leslie Cheek, Jr., Lewis Mumford, Edward Stone, Beardsley Ruml, Archibald MacLeish and Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and the material contains letters from Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Nelson A. Rockefeller among others. Also included are papers relating to Cheek's attempt in 1983 to have an article about the exhibition published in "American Heritage" magazine.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

Cheek, Leslie, 1908-

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Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va. Died 1992. From the description of Leslie Cheek interview, 1982 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185204 Leslie Cheek, Jr. was born in 1908. He was professor of fine arts at the College of William and Mary and director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He married Mary Tyler Freeman, the daughter of Douglas Southall Freeman. (After Cheek's death she married John Mcclenahan.)In the 1930's, Leslie Cheek and ...