Oral history interview with David Finley, 1942 October and December.

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Oral history interview with David Finley, 1942 October and December.

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David Finley became assistant to Andrew Mellon in 1927 when Mellon was secretary of the treasury and was associated with him until Mellon's death in 1937. He was director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. from 1938 until his retirement in 1956. The interview was conducted in preparation for a biography of Andrew Mellon, and is supplemented by a number of personal notes written by Finley before and shortly after Mellon's death. The interview and notes form the basis for Finley's book A Standard of Excellence: Andrew W. Mellon Founds the National Gallery of Art.

Transcript : 101 p.

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