Records of the Fine Arts Program of the Federal Reserve, 1975-1981

Collection Information

Size: 1.01 Linear feet

Summary: The Records of the Fine Arts Program of the Federal Reserve measure 1.01 linear feet and date from 1975-1981. Includes are letters and interoffice memoranda from Mary Anne Goley, Director, and others, to donors, artists, and others, including lists of works exhibited and artist biographies;two letters from Seymour Lipton to Goley; exhibition catalogs from the Fine Arts Program's permanent collection; catalogs of loan exhibitions hosted by the Program; and a draft of a public relations brochure. Also included are 4 cassettes of an interview of Walter Hopps conducted by Goley for the Fine Arts Program's exhibition "6 L.A. Sculptors," 1980, and a partial transcript of the interview published in the catalog for the exhibition.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Fine Arts Program of the Federal Reserve (est. 1975- ) is an art program in Washington, D.C. established in 1975 as exhibition space for American and European paintings given or loaned to the Federal Reserve Bank. The art program operated under the auspices of a chairman aided by a Volunteer Advisory Panel which has included J. Carter Brown, Douglas Dillon, Mary Lasker, and Dr. Joshua Taylor. Mary Anne Goley was the director from 1975-2006.

Provenance

Donated 1980-1982 by The Fine Arts Program, Federal Reserve Board through Mary Ann Goley, director. In 2022 Goley donated two additional letters from Seymour Lipton.

Language Note

English .

Location of Originals

• Originals in Federal Reserve System Gallery, Washington, D.C.