Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
National Collection of Fine Arts. Fine Arts Lending Program
SI Records
Records
circa 1965-1980
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Record Unit 445
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 445, National Collection of Fine Arts. Fine Arts Lending Program, Records
Historical Note
Since the 1940s, the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) had been loaning various works of art to offices in the federal government, so that more of the collection
could be seen than was possible in the space allotted to NCFA in the Natural History Building. In the mid 1960s, with the move to the new building imminent, an effort was
made to locate or recall many long-term loans and tighten administration of the lending program. Rowland Lyon was named Curator of Information and Lending and served until
his death in 1966. Donald R. McClelland became Associate Curator for the Lending Program, 1967-1968. Between 1969 and 1972, McClelland held the title of Coordinator of Special
Projects, but in 1973 he assumed the title of Coordinator for the Lending Program and served 1973- .
Descriptive Entry
These records consist of administrative files of the Program, including a large volume dealing with loans to the White House. Other records relating to the Lending
Program can be found in Record Unit 453, the Office of the Registrar.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Lyon, Rowland
McClelland, Donald
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Natural History Building (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Museum loans
Museums -- Collection management
Art museums
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Manuscripts
Box 1
Alphabetic Subject Files
Box 1 of 5
Archives of American Art, correspondence to and from McClelland & Memos, April-May 1969
Box 1 of 5
Annual Report, 1966-1967, 1967-1968
Box 1 of 5
Academic Programs, Office of
Box 1 of 5
Works to be reviewed by the Accessions Committee, October 25, 1968
Box 1 of 5
Adams-Davidson & Co., Inc.
Box 1 of 5
Agriculture Department, Graduate School, 1972-1973
Box 1 of 5
Agriculture Department, Graduate School, 1970
Box 1 of 5
Agriculture Department, Graduate School, 1969
Box 1 of 5
Agriculture Department, Graduate School, 1971
Box 1 of 5
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Mr. Seymour Knox
Box 1 of 5
Joseph Alsop
Box 1 of 5
American Painting, roots, 1910-1940
Box 1 of 5
American Prints of the 80s
Box 1 of 5
Andrews, E. F., Collection
Box 1 of 5
Appalachia Art (Larson)
Box 1 of 5
Architectural details (England), March 20, 1970
Box 1 of 5
Argosy Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Art Festivals, 1972
Box 1 of 5
Art Information Guide Program
Box 1 of 5
Art-in-the-Embassies
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Ayorda, Rodolfo E.
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Christy, Aldeth
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Correa, Agusto
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Downey, Juan
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Davis, Gene
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Fox, Charles J.
Box 1 of 5
Artists: George, Thomas
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Hampton, James
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Indiana, Robert
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Monotypes
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Nesbitt, Lowell
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Stern, Jan Peter
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Weinbaum, Jean
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Wilson, Mrs. Anthony T.
Box 1 of 5
Artists: Draft letters for artists
Box 1 of 5
Arts in Embassies: Mrs. Nancy Kefauver
Box 1 of 5
Associated American Artists
Box 1 of 5
Aslin, Elizabeth
Box 1 of 5
Atomfair 68
Box 1 of 5
Auction - Wescherler's and others
Box 1 of 5
Autograph Albums
Box 1 of 5
Franz Bader Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Baltimore Museum
Box 1 of 5
Barnett, Thomas M. (artist)
Box 1 of 5
Tom Barnett
Box 1 of 5
Baskerville, Charles
Box 1 of 5
Baskin Exhibition
Box 1 of 5
Baum, Mrs. Nathaly C.
Box 1 of 5
Becker, Eugene
Box 1 of 5
Beggs, Thomas M.
Box 1 of 5
Bennett, Charles E.
Box 1 of 5
Thomas Hart Benton Exhibition
Box 1 of 5
Chief Justice Berger
Box 1 of 5
Berkowitz, Mr. Leon
Box 1 of 5
Bloeme, Mrs. Allyn Rice (antiques)
Box 1 of 5
Borgenicht Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Brandeis UNESCO Exhibit
Box 1 of 5
Brazilian Exhibition
Box 1 of 5
Breeskin, Adelyn D.
Box 1 of 5
Brenner, Mrs. Abner
Box 1 of 5
Bruce, David
Box 1 of 5
Bronze Doors
Box 1 of 5
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Loan to Veterans Administration
Box 1 of 5
Cafritz, Mrs. Morris (Gwendolyn)
Box 1 of 5
Camden Arts Centre
Box 1 of 5
Capital Hill Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Box 1 of 5
Chalette Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Canady, John
Box 1 of 5
Campbell-Tawes
Box 1 of 5
Capitol, Architect of
Box 1 of 5
U. S. Capitol
Box 1 of 5
Caracas, Venezuela (Museo de Bellas Artes)
Box 1 of 5
Catlin
Box 1 of 5
Chamber of Commerce, 1972
Box 1 of 5
Chautauqua
Box 1 of 5
Aldeth Christy
Box 1 of 5
Citron, Minna
Box 1 of 5
Churchill Exhibit
Box 1 of 5
Civil Service Commission
Box 1 of 5
Clark, Michael
Box 1 of 5
Clements, Robert D. (University of Georgia)
Box 1 of 5
Cook, Miss Edith N.
Box 1 of 5
Cogswell, Mr. Ledyard, Jr.
Box 1 of 5
Clippings
Box 1 of 5
Catlin Paintings, correspondence, information, loans, etc.
Box 1 of 5
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
Box 1 of 5
Congressional Loans, requests, thank you notes, etc.
Box 1 of 5
Congressional Loans, Artist Biography Letters
Box 1 of 5
The Contemporaries
Box 1 of 5
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Box 1 of 5
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Box 1 of 5
Sigiriya Frescoe correspondence and report (Ceylon)
Box 1 of 5
Ceylon, Senake Senanayke correspondence
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence: Ceylon and India, trip, November-December, 1967
Box 1 of 5
Congressional correspondence, also hearings
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence to McClelland, July 1968
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, May 1969, Paintings by Button and Clarke, Leopold, Mrs. Dennis
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, April and May 1969
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, general
Box 1 of 5
Courlander, Harold
Box 1 of 5
Craib-Cox, John Cummings
Box 1 of 5
Court of Claims, U. S.
Box 1 of 5
Covarrubias, Fernando
Box 1 of 5
Crawford, Thomas, The Statue of Freedom
Box 1 of 5
Culver, Mrs. Charles
Box 1 of 5
Culver, Charles
Box 1 of 5
Deraniyagala
Box 1 of 5
DeHaan, Norman
Box 1 of 5
Diamond, Monty
Box 1 of 5
Donors: loans, gifts, and purchases (17 small folders in one large one)
Box 1 of 5
Daniel, Mrs. Joy
Box 1 of 5
de Saram, Mrs. Miriam
Box 1 of 5
Daughters of the American Revolution
Box 1 of 5
Davidson, Peter, 1971-1972
Box 1 of 5
Department of State, American Specialists Program
Box 1 of 5
Daraniyagala
Box 1 of 5
Daraniyagala, Justin P., SITES exhibition
Box 1 of 5
Draft, deed of gift
Box 1 of 5
Peter Deitsch Gallery
Box 1 of 5
Dennis Dryden, National Capital Housing Authority
Box 1 of 5
Deraniyagala, Paul, correspondence and Miocene fossil information
Box 1 of 5
Dintenfass
Box 1 of 5
DC Schools, exhibits (6 folders in one large folder)
Box 1 of 5
Engel, Jules
Box 1 of 5
England
Box 1 of 5
Evans, Clifford
Box 1 of 5
Evans Collection
Box 2
Box 2 of 5
Exhibitions
Box 2 of 5
Exhibitions, State Department - July 4th Correspondence
Box 2 of 5
Exhibitions, State Department - Hard Edge Trend, 1966
Box 2 of 5
Dodd, Lamar
Box 2 of 5
Frederick Douglass Institute
Box 2 of 5
Downtown Gallery (Mrs. Halpert)
Box 2 of 5
Emmerich Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Examination of Works of Art Reports, 1968
Box 2 of 5
Far Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Fendrick
Box 2 of 5
Ford Motor Gifts
Box 2 of 5
Ford Times artists
Box 2 of 5
Ford Foundation
Box 2 of 5
Foundations: Ford Foundation
Box 2 of 5
FA/PG Building Miscellaneous
Box 2 of 5
Folk Art, American
Box 2 of 5
Foley, Congressman and Mrs. Evans - Northwest Show
Box 2 of 5
Foreign correspondence
Box 2 of 5
Foundations: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Box 2 of 5
Freidberg, Sidney
Box 2 of 5
Furniture, correspondence re: possible purchase/donation
Box 2 of 5
Gellatly Collection
Box 2 of 5
General, public
Box 2 of 5
Georgia Artists Exhibit, Congressman Weltner
Box 2 of 5
Offers of Gifts or Sale, possible accessions
Box 2 of 5
Sam Gilliam
Box 2 of 5
Glackens, Ira (exhibition)
Box 2 of 5
Graham Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Graham, F. Lanier (M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum) San Francisco
Box 2 of 5
Halpert, Edith Gregor, and/or Downtown Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Hanks, David (Art Institute of Chicago)
Box 2 of 5
Halle, Kay
Box 2 of 5
Harkness, Mrs. Richard
Box 2 of 5
Harriman, W. Averell
Box 2 of 5
Heights School Benefit
Box 2 of 5
Henri Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Hicks, Wallace, loan closed
Box 2 of 5
Hill, Peter
Box 2 of 5
Hirschl and Adler Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Hirshhorn Collection Information
Box 2 of 5
Hirshhorn Collection
Box 2 of 5
Hirshhorn Sculpture, Mall
Box 2 of 5
Care and Conservation in the Home
Box 2 of 5
National Capital Housing Department, and National Capital Downtown Committee
Box 2 of 5
William Henry Holmes
Box 2 of 5
HUD Funds
Box 2 of 5
Hurwitz, Selma
Box 2 of 5
I.G.A.S.
Box 2 of 5
Indian Art, Sher-Gil etal, Mrs. Singh
Box 2 of 5
International Graphic Arts Society
Box 2 of 5
Washington International Arts Letter, September 1968
Box 2 of 5
International Platform Association
Box 2 of 5
IBM
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1973
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1972
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1971
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1970
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1969
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1968
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1967
Box 2 of 5
Interns, 1966
Box 2 of 5
Invitations, judging of shows, etc.
Box 2 of 5
Invitations
Box 2 of 5
Invitations, 1972
Box 2 of 5
Iranian Painting Today
Box 2 of 5
Israeli Films
Box 2 of 5
Sidney Janis Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Jefferson Place Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Lectures, jury shows
Box 2 of 5
Martha Jackson Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Eastern Shore Art Exhibition, 1972
Box 2 of 5
Jeffries, Mrs. John
Box 2 of 5
S. C. Johnson Collection information
Box 2 of 5
W. H. Johnson Collection information
Box 2 of 5
Gertrude Kasle Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Kreeger, Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd
Box 2 of 5
Kainen, Jacob
Box 2 of 5
Kanemitsu, Matsumi
Box 2 of 5
Katy, Dr. Seymour
Box 2 of 5
Kilmer, Mr. and Mrs. Kenton
Box 2 of 5
Kiron, Joan
Box 2 of 5
Klavans, Minnie
Box 2 of 5
Knoedler Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Kornblee Gallery, New York
Box 2 of 5
Kraushaar Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Krebs, Rockney
Box 2 of 5
Kreeger, David Lloyd
Box 2 of 5
Kohlmeyer, Mrs. Ida R.
Box 2 of 5
Krimgold, Frederick
Box 2 of 5
Lansing, Michigan Arts Festival
Box 2 of 5
Legislation
Box 2 of 5
1969 loans from galleries
Box 2 of 5
Other agency loans, requests, thank you letters
Box 2 of 5
Other agency loans, artist biography letters
Box 2 of 5
Lunn Gallery
Box 2 of 5
Lyon, Hon. Cecil B.
Box 2 of 5
McPeck, Miss Bunny, National Capital Parks
Box 2 of 5
Mann, Jr., John
Box 3
Box 3 of 5
Marlborough Gerson Gallery
Box 3 of 5
McCormick, Cyrus
Box 3 of 5
Masters, Miss Laura
Box 3 of 5
Maxon, John, Art Institute of Chicago
Box 3 of 5
Mehring, Howard
Box 3 of 5
Memoranda, 1968
Box 3 of 5
Mickelson Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Midtown Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Milch Galleries
Box 3 of 5
Miscellaneous
Box 3 of 5
Mississippi Art Association
Box 3 of 5
Moore, Mrs. Carl & Moore, Mrs. Peter
Box 3 of 5
Mosbacher, Jr., Mrs. Emil
Box 3 of 5
Moss, John E.
Box 3 of 5
Multiples Inc.
Box 3 of 5
Munsing, Stefan
Box 3 of 5
Munson-Wiiiliams - Proctor Arts Institute (Edw. H. Dwight)
Box 3 of 5
Ben Shahn Murals
Box 3 of 5
Museum of African Art
Box 3 of 5
Nesbitt, Lowell
Box 3 of 5
NCFA Administration, 1972
Box 3 of 5
Applebaum (TV)
Box 3 of 5
NCFA Internal: Director's Office
Box 3 of 5
National Gallery of Art
Box 3 of 5
National Gallery of Art (J. Carter Brown)
Box 3 of 5
National Park Service (Lecture Series)
Box 3 of 5
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box 3 of 5
Publications
Box 3 of 5
Portraits of Presidents
Box 3 of 5
George Vander Sluis
Box 3 of 5
Palmer, Mr. C. F. - Atlanta, Georgia
Box 3 of 5
Betty Parsons Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Patent Office Building
Box 3 of 5
Pell
Box 3 of 5
Phillips Collection
Box 3 of 5
Charles Percy
Box 3 of 5
Peskin, Mrs. Burton
Box 3 of 5
Ferdinand Petrie
Box 3 of 5
Phinney, Robert E.
Box 3 of 5
Poindexter Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Grace Hartigan Price (artist)
Box 3 of 5
Price, Mrs. Grace Hartigan
Box 3 of 5
Print Information
Box 3 of 5
Prior-Palmer, Diana
Box 3 of 5
Purchases for Lending Program
Box 3 of 5
Henry Ward Ranger Fund Foundation
Box 3 of 5
S. Dillon Ripley
Box 3 of 5
Mrs. V. V. Rankine
Box 3 of 5
Recommendations
Box 3 of 5
Paul Reed
Box 3 of 5
Correspondence - Registrar thru 1967
Box 3 of 5
Rehn Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Rinehart Plasters
Box 3 of 5
Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Inc.
Box 3 of 5
Rumanian Tapestry Show
Box 3 of 5
Sachs Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Sao Paulo Bienal
Box 3 of 5
Bertha Schaffer Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Robert Schoelkoph Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Smithsonian: Sidewalk Art Show, Cocoa Beach
Box 3 of 5
Smithsonian Associates Tours: Correspondence
Box 3 of 5
Smithsonian Associates Tours: General Information and Miscellaneous
Box 3 of 5
Smithsonian Associates: Tour to Virginia
Box 3 of 5
Smithsonian Institution, 1972
Box 3 of 5
Smithsonian Institution (125th Anniversary)
Box 3 of 5
Schulte, Miss Antoinette, Paris, France
Box 3 of 5
Shecter, Louis E.
Box 3 of 5
Sayen Exhibition, September 25, 1970
Box 3 of 5
Review: Sudanese Perspective
Box 3 of 5
Ross, Marvin (Hillwood)
Box 3 of 5
Rudd, Eric
Box 3 of 5
Russian Architecture in Alaska, 1972
Box 3 of 5
Shawan
Box 3 of 5
Soyer, Moses
Box 3 of 5
Staempfli Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Stevenson, A. Brockie
Box 3 of 5
Stoddard, Jean
Box 3 of 5
Sykes, Maltby
Box 3 of 5
Wier Prints - Grey Smith, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Box 3 of 5
Straight, Michael-Lebrun
Box 3 of 5
Stratford Hall
Box 3 of 5
Stugard, Christine
Box 3 of 5
Symington, James
Box 3 of 5
Stull, Neil F., Jr.
Box 3 of 5
Symington, Mrs. Stuart
Box 3 of 5
Tapestries (Herter)
Box 3 of 5
Taylor, Harold
Box 3 of 5
Taylor, Lisa Suter
Box 3 of 5
Thomas, Alma
Box 3 of 5
Toledo Museum
Box 3 of 5
Tours
Box 3 of 5
Travel: Don McClelland Trip Reports, Memos
Box 3 of 5
Travel: Trip to Paris re: Barney House
Box 3 of 5
Trinity College Lecture
Box 3 of 5
Turner, Edward Llewellyn
Box 3 of 5
Twitty, James
Box 3 of 5
University of Arizona Art Gallery
Box 3 of 5
University of Georgia (Lamar Dodd)
Box 3 of 5
Vadnais, Henry
Box 3 of 5
Vedder, 1971-1972
Box 3 of 5
XXXIII Venice Biennale, 1966
Box 3 of 5
Victorian Society, 1972
Box 3 of 5
Vienna Woman's Club
Box 3 of 5
Vigtel, Gudmund/The High Museum, Atlanta
Box 3 of 5
Vose Gallery
Box 3 of 5
WPA - Labor Department
Box 3 of 5
E. Weyhe Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Willard Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Whitney Museum of American Art
Box 3 of 5
Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum
Box 3 of 5
Walton, William
Box 3 of 5
Washington Monument (Obelisk)
Box 3 of 5
Watson, Marvin (President, Occidental International Corporation)
Box 3 of 5
Waugh, Frederick
Box 3 of 5
Webster, Donald D.
Box 3 of 5
Webster, Judy
Box 3 of 5
Wheeler, T. Ames
Box 3 of 5
Wickes, George
Box 3 of 5
Willis, Peter
Box 3 of 5
Wonner - S. C. Johnson Collection
Box 3 of 5
Woodlawn
Box 3 of 5
Works for Review by Curatorial Staff
Box 3 of 5
WPA Art - New York Times
Box 3 of 5
WPA - Labor Department Project
Box 3 of 5
England - York, April 24
Box 3 of 5
1969 Letters - York Lectures, England
Box 3 of 5
York, England, 1969
White House Files
Box 3 of 5
Correspondence - White House
Box 3 of 5
White House, 1969
Box 3 of 5
1973 Inventory - White House
Box 4
Box 4 of 5
EOB Receipts
Box 4 of 5
EOB - Gail Linke, 1972
Box 4 of 5
White House - Camp David, 1972
Box 4 of 5
White House Program - Correspondence with Artists
Box 4 of 5
White House Inventory Lists to 1968
Box 4 of 5
White House - EOB Gail Linke, 1971
Box 4 of 5
White House Receipts and Special Loans
Box 4 of 5
Office of Management and Budget
Box 4 of 5
Johnson's White House: Invoices
Box 4 of 5
Council of Economic Advisors
Box 4 of 5
First White House Fellows Seminar, 1966
Box 4 of 5
Second White House Fellows Seminar, 1967
Box 4 of 5
White House Fellows Seminar, 1967-1968
Box 4 of 5
White House Biographies
Box 4 of 5
Photographs - White House Exhibit
Box 4 of 5
White House Exhibit - Prospective Lenders
Box 4 of 5
White House - Opp, 1966
Box 4 of 5
White House Image Show, 1966
Box 4 of 5
White House Lobby Show
Box 4 of 5
White House Correspondence, General, 1968
Box 4 of 5
White House Conference on Children and Youth
Box 4 of 5
White House: Student Art in Government Program
Box 4 of 5
White House General Correspondence to 1968
Box 4 of 5
White House to 1968
Box 4 of 5
White House Fellows (2 folders)
Box 4 of 5
White House - EOB, 1970
Box 4 of 5
1973 Inventory - OPB
Box 4 of 5
Returns to NCFA
Box 4 of 5
White House - EOB, 1969
Box 4 of 5
Helicopter (Nixon)
Box 4 of 5
White House - EOB Inventory, 1969
Box 4 of 5
EOB 7 - Office of Former Presidents
Box 4 of 5
White House Loans and Returns, 1967-1968
Box 4 of 5
White House and Receipt Forms, 1966
Box 4 of 5
1967 Inventory Lists
Lending Program Files
Box 4 of 5
Read File - Wunder, 1967-1968
Box 4 of 5
Read File - McClelland, March-December 1967
Box 4 of 5
Read File - Lending Program, January-May 1968
Box 4 of 5
Read File - Lending Program, June-December 1968
Box 5
Box 5 of 5
McClelland - Personal & Professional Correspondence, 1968-1980 (4 folders)
Box 5 of 5
Lending Activities, 1971-1979
Box 5 of 5
Purchase Information - Works of Art
Box 5 of 5
Renwick - Fixtures
Box 5 of 5
Carpets, 1850-1880