WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT SUBJECT FILES: ARTS (AR)

2.0 linear feet; Box 1-6

Research Availability:
Open - all records in the subject category have been processed and are available for research
Partial - some of the records in the subject category have been processed and available for research
None - no records in the subject category have been processed nor made available for research

File Code Description Research
Availability
AR

Arts (2.0 ft; Box 1-6)
This primary subject category contains materials relating to federal appointments regarding the arts; select poems, music, and drawings from citizens sent to the President usually through their Senators or Representatives; art loans and needed items for museums from federal holdings, US signing and compliance with the Berne Convention on protection of literary and art works; delegations of authority needed to bring US participation in the 1970 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property; correspondence both pro and con for the establishment of English as the national language; requests for support of various cultural institutions; requests to perform for the President and various visiting dignitaries; small amounts of material from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities on ongoing business and reports; and various Congressional resolutions on fine arts related matters.

The following Case Files are digitized:
Case Files: 020000-029999

Open
WHITE HOUSE REORDS MANAGEMENT SUBJECT CATEGORY DESCRIPTION:

A primary subject category containing materials relating to the fine arts such as painting, drawing, sculpture, poetry, prose, writing, music, dancing, theater, museums, languages, engravings, and dramatic art.