Nina J. Cullinan papers, 1953-1981.

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Nina J. Cullinan papers, 1953-1981.

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The Nina J. Cullinan Papers, 1953-1981, include correspondence, papers and newsclippings relating to her gift to build Cullinan Hall, various letters and invoices related to her various gifts to the museum, endowment fund reports and copies of related MFA,H minutes and committee meetings. Among correspondents are Frank Coates, president of the MFA,H, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Miss Cullinan's business advisor, James Durbin, sculptor Bill McVey, MFA,H trustees Ted Swigart, Ima Hogg, Si Morris, Hugo Neuhaus, John de Menil, and MFA,H directors James Johnson Sweeney and Lee Malone.

.25 linear ft.

Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Cullinan, Nina J., 1896 or 1899-1983

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Philantropist; Houston, Texas. From the description of Nina Cullinan scrapbooks, 1937-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455433 Arts patrons; Galveston, Texas. From the description of Nina Cullinan and Mrs. Arthur Boice interviews, 1980 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198443 Nina Cullinan (1899-1983) was an art patron from Galveston, Tex. From the description of Oral history interview with Nina Cullinan and Mrs. Arthur Boice, ...

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986

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James Johnson Sweeney, 1900-1986. From the description of Papers of James Johnson Sweeney, 1953-2005. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271825527 Art administrator. From the description of Ends and beginnings : sound recording, 1965 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093871 James Johnson Sweeney served as Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946), Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus...

McVey, William.

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Malone, Lee H. B.

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Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

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German born architect. From the description of Manuscript fragment (n.d.) and letter, 1962 Nov.30. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82217577 Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631918 Architect. Born in Aachen, Germany (1886). From the description of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969....

Cullinan, J. S. (Joseph Stephen), 1860-1937

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Few of the major figures in the history of Houston have had as widespread an influence as Joseph Stephen Cullinan. At times, the word paradoxical comes to mind when the scope of his diverse interests is examined. A leading early exponent for the Texas oil industry, Cullinan was yet an ardent conservationist, who argued for governmental controls over the petroleum business out of concern for preserving natural resources. Although he maintained a fairly consistent record of lifetime support for th...

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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