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Box 4

 Container

Contains 29 Results:

United Fund: Notification of the People’s Art Center and six other groups dropped from United Fund, 1960 April 28; United Fund letter to Dr. Hackett, fund dispersal [Metropolitan Church Federation?], 1960 April 26; correspondence on plans for seven groups to unite for fundraising, initiated by the People’s Art Center, 1960; thank you letters for individual and corporate donations after the People’s Art Center was dropped from United Fund, 1960 May; letter to United Fund from U.S. Congressman Thomas Curtis asking why the People’s Art Center was dropped, 1960; and clippings of articles, editorials, and letters to the editor protesting the People’s Art Center being dropped from the United Fund, with copies of letters that show editing by papers, 1960., 1960

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1960

Spirit of St. Louis Fund: Formation of Spirit of St. Louis Fund, for social/cultural group funding; copy of press release from Spirit Fund public relations firm, 1960 June 18; correspondence about the Spirit of St. Louis Fund and Temple Israel, 1961; minutes of joint meeting of board of directors, 1961 July 12; questionnaire responses about the People’s Art Center, initial application for funds, 1961-1962; notification to board of directors of the People’s Art Center from Spirit Fund regarding possible merger with Civic Progress, 1962 September 14; and correspondence between the People’s Art Center and Spirit Fund, 1961-1962., 1960-1962

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1960-1962

Elizabeth Green correspondence: WPA correspondence, Holger Cahill, 1942 September; “WPA Staff at People’s Art Service Center,” lists name, race, position, hourly and monthly wages, no date, with editing marks; fundraising letter to United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, detailing withdrawal of WPA financial aid, 1943 February 11; and letter to McKenzie about personnel, 1943 February 14., 1942-1943

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1942-1943

Elizabeth Green correspondence: List of gifts, with names and amounts, 1944; correspondence about annual meetings, problems with war rationing, 1944-1945, and progress reports, 1944-1945; and sample fundraising letter, with notation “Mr. Clark’s [executive secretary of Urban League] letter to prominent Negro leaders: revised by E. Green,” no date., 1944-1945

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1944-1945

Elizabeth Green correspondence: Correspondence, fundraising and publicity, 1945; and information, including staff salaries, for National Retirement Plan, 1945., 1945

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1945

Elizabeth Green correspondence., 1946

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1946

Elizabeth Green/Life Magazine correspondence: Letters to Life Magazine asking for publicity, 1945-1946; and “A Soldier Speaks -- Somewhere in the Southwest Pacific,” poem, two copies with one signed by Cpl. Wesley C. Northern, no date., 1945-1946

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1945-1946

Elizabeth Green correspondence with Charles Nagel and Mr. Putzel: Includes informal employee reviews by E. Green, 1944 July 26; E. Green regrets to C. Nagel over his resignation as president of board of directors of the People’s Art Center, 1946 May 12; and problems with Mrs. Dickerson’s performance as acting executive director, 1945-1946., 1944-1946

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: 1944-1946

Elizabeth Green original letters: fragile originals from which photocopies were made and placed in their appropriate sequence., No date

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green. The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates: No date