Oral history interview with Joan Williams, 1991 March 1.

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Oral history interview with Joan Williams, 1991 March 1.

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After her parents died, Joan Williams was raised by National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., director David Finley and his wife Margaret Eustis Finley. As a family member, Williams was a close observer of the Finleys and of the National Gallery of Art's early years. Williams described their family life and especially David Finley's deep involvement in Gallery activities and design of the West Building interior. She remembered other personalities with which they were closely associated and recalled childhood experiences at the museum. She described watching President Franklin Roosevelt's third inaugural parade from the National Gallery's Constitution Avenue balcony. She noted other significant incidents in the Gallery's development.

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National Gallery of Art Library

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