Oral history interview with Catharine Bonner, 1989 June 2.

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Oral history interview with Catharine Bonner, 1989 June 2.

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Catharine Bonner was on the staff of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., as secretary to Donald Shepard from 1940 to 1942. After an absence from 1942 to 1944, she returned to work for David Finley and later for Huntington Cairns, retiring in 1969. Bonner recalled activities in National Gallery offices on Jackson Place, N.W., and events associated with finishing the National Gallery's original building and establishing the new staff, the Gallery dedication, and early personalities, including David Finley, Donald Shepard, Alexander Reed and others. She described the National Gallery environment after the war, influential executive officers and other significant staff members, special events, visitors, donors, and trustees.

3 sound cassettes (ca. 240 minutes)

National Gallery of Art Library

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