Oral history interview with Adolph Schmidt, 1992 May 14.

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Oral history interview with Adolph Schmidt, 1992 May 14.

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Adolph Schmidt began work for the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust in 1937 and later became its treasurer, executive vice president and president. Schmidt recalled his associates at the trust including David Bruce, Paul Mellon, and Donald Shepard and described the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. West Building project, noting especially the importance of the marble and the problems in selecting it and obtaining sufficiently large quantities. He recounted his concern that Andrew Mellon had not wanted the Gallery named for him and the movement that he led for the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain.

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Schmidt, Adolph

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Art museum; Washington, D.C. From the description of National Gallery of Art exhibition catalog, 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553233 ...

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A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust

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The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, founded by Andrew W. Mellon in 1930, contributed funding to a variety of organizations, insitutions and programs until it dissolved in 1980. In its fifty year life the Trust made nearly $200,000,000 in contributions, including over $25,000,000 in termination grants at the time of its dissolution in 1980. On the national level, the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust provided funding and support to The National Gallery of Art, the Smith...

Bruce, David K. E., 1898-1977

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Shepard, Donald F.

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