Oral history interview with Elizabeth Foy, 1989 15 and 16 May.

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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Foy, 1989 15 and 16 May.

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=aBetty Foy joined the personnel department at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in 1948. Later she worked for assistant director Macgill James and directors John Walker and J. Carter Brown, retiring in 1981. Foy described key personalities she worked with, including Macgill James, John Walker, Huntington Cairns and J. Carter Brown, and their interests, approaches to their work and accomplishments. She described the Gallery's organization and functions, and recounted anecdotes relating to significant events. She assessed the Gallery's environment and changes through the years.

5 sound cassettes (ca. 300 minutes)

National Gallery of Art Library

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National Gallery of Art Library

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