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Series IV: Director's Files

Scope and Content

This series consists of documents created by directors who have worked with the Public Art Fund throughout its 30-year history. Arrangement closely resembles the original order of the folders. This series is divided into four subseries.

Subseries IV.A: Doris Freedman Papers, 1968-1981, inclusive

Department of Cultural Affairs, 1968-1971, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cultural Affairs Task Force, 1 of 3, 1977, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cultural Affairs Task Force, 2 of 3, 1977, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cultural Affairs Task Force, 3 of 3, 1977, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consulting, 1971-1974, 1971-1974, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Sculpture, undated

Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Juror/consultant for Brad Goldberg of Rhode Island School of Design, 1978, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kreisler Borg Florman-sculpture purchase-Harlem, 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Council/Parks & Recreation, 1973, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President of Municipal Art Society, 1 of 4, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President of Municipal Art Society, 2 of 4, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President of Municipal Art Society, 3 of 4, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President of Municipal Art Society, 4 of 4, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 21, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Municipal Art Society-1979 awards, 1979, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Biographies/resumes, 1969-1978, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Awards received, undated

Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albright college, 1968, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essays in The Livable City, 1974-1982, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essays 1969-1975, 1969-1975, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

North Jersey Cultural Council, 1974, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transcript of panel discussion at Lehman college, 1971, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Institute of Texan cultures-speaker, 1977, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obituaries/Condolence notes, 1979-1982, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transcript for Doris C. Freedman film, undated

Box: 22, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women in the Arts conference, 1973, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Doris C. Freedman Plaza, 1989-1992, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes for book, 1 of 2, 1967, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes for book, 2 of 2, 1967, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art Auction, 1966, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art Auction - mailings, 1966, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Jewish Congress, 1971, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Barbara Rose-New York magazine, 1970, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General, 1969, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hannelore Hahn/Minnesota, Ft Worth, Missouri/Outdoor sculpture directory research, 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hannelore Hahn/Oregon, Sarasota, Georgia/Outdoor sculpture directory research, 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hannelore Hahn/North Carolina, Philadelphia/Outdoor sculpture directory research, 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artists for CORE newspapers, 1965, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artists for CORE paperwork, 1965-1966, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artists for CORE-invitations, posters, patron books, 1965, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artists for CORE-photographs, 1965, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Cultural Affairs - Annual reports 1968-1970, 1968-1970, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Cultural Affairs - photographs, 1969, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Cultural Affairs - proposals, 1969, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cultural Council Foundation-executive order, 1968-1970, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Cultural Affairs/Cultural Council Foundation, 1 of 2, 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Cultural Affairs/Cultural Council Foundation, 2 of 2, 1970-1971, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board of Directors and advisory board-Public Art Fund, 1969-1988, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper articles 1967-1970, 1967-1970, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jewish Communal Fund, 1 of 2, 1973-1979, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jewish Communal Fund, 2 of 2, 1973-1979, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Philanthropy (other), 1972-1978, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedman, Doris - Binder - 1 of 4, 1973, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedman, Doris - Binder - 2 of 4/ "PERCA" Correspondence, 1973, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedman, Doris - Binder - 3 of 4/ Parks, Environment, Recreation and Cultural Affairs / Committee Meeting Minutes, 1973, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedman, Doris - Binder - 4 of 4/ "Master Plan and "By Laws", 1973, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artists Housing (DUMBO), 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing-sports complex, 1972, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing-press clippings, 1980, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing-correspondence, 1971, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing-certification, 1972, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing-correspondence, 1970, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing-Public hearing, September 23, 1970, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Housing material, 1971, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Doris C. Freedman Plaza, 1982, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sculpture in Environment, 1967, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Invitations and exhibition pamphlets, undated

Box: 25, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speeches, undated

Box: 25, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Random Excerpts from a descriptive, Historical, biographical Catalogue of works of Art in Public View in Manhattan, undated

Box: 25, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council Minutes, 1970-1975, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council / Tavern-on-the-green, 1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council Fall Benefit, 1976, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Search Committee - Parks Council, [1972-1974], inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks white papers and studies - 1 of 2, undated

Box: 123, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks white papers and studies - 2 of 2, undated

Box: 123, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council: Awards - 1974 / Bike Patrol, Membership and Development, c.1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council: Correspondence, undated

Box: 123, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council 1976-1979, 1976-1979, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council 1971-1974 - 1 of 2, 1971-1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Council 1971-1974 - 2 of 2, 1971-1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Central Park Council, 1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Cultural Affairs, 1976-1977, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Playground Association, 1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Department of Parks Sculpture Projects, 1978, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City Planning Commission - Cultural Affairs, undated

Box: 123, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resumes for Doris Freedman - Department of Cultural Affairs, undated

Box: 123, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Relevant articles and information on cultural affairs, 1971, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 - 1 of 2, 1972, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 - 2 of 2, 1972, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 - Parks, Environment, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Committee/Ethics Committee and Traffic Committee, 1972-1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 - Parks Committee, 1972-1978, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / Memorial to Six Million Jews proposal, 1973, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / 1973-1975, 1973-1975, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / West Side Day, 1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / Millstein Building, 1974, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / City Planning Commission - American Museum of Natural History, undated

Box: 123, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / Housing Commission, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7 / 1977-1978, 1977-1978, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Richard Tucker Park - through Community Board #7, 1977-1980, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Board #7, 1979, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Westway - Municipal Art Society, 1979, inclusive

Box: 123, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries IV.B: Jenny Dixon Papers

Extent

1 boxes

Authors Authorship Rights Act, 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advisory Board Correspondence 1983-1985, 1983-1985, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mission Statements and Histories of Public Art Fund, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Judith Marley - Development Director, 1991-1993, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Project Committee Rules and Regulations, 1985, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Project Committee Minutes, 1982-1986, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Project Committee Memos, 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Condolence Letters, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Richard Serra's "Titled Arc" GSA Hearing, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Serra's "Titled Arc" - Support Letters, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Edward Mayer Guggenheim Fellowship, 1980, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board Meeting, 1985, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ten Years of Public Art - Errata and Commissions, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art Commission of the City of New York, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

June 2005 Board of Directors Meeting, 2005, inclusive

Box: 124, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albright College, PA - Art Exhibition Center, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miss, Mary, undated

Box: 124, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries IV.C: James Clark Papers

New York Citizens Committee, 1995, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

East Hampton/Morningside Heights sculpture conservation, 1991, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research files, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research files - 2 of 2, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Art Policy U.S.A. - Research/Files, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research/Other Public Art Programs, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advocacy, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Municipal Arts Society Street Committee, 1991-1994, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gifts of Art, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artist Selection, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Planning, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Think Tank, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Planning, Goal Statements 1989-1994, 1989-1994, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

De-accessioning, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Talks/Lectures 1990, 1990, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board Expansion, 1990-1993, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Talks/Lectures 1991, 1991, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Talks/Lectures 1994, 1994, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

James M. Clark, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta Public Art - consulting - 1 of 5, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta Public Art - consulting - 2 of 5, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta Public Art - consulting - 3 of 5, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta Public Art - consulting - 4 of 5, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta Public Art - consulting - 5 of 5, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Austin Public Art - consulting, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cost-of-living increases, undated

Box: 125, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Subseries IV.D: Rochelle Steiner Papers

Rochelle Talks, 2006, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rochelle Talks, 2007, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rochelle Talks, 2008, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art Space Lecture / Space Lecture, 2008, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rochelle Talks, 2009, inclusive

Box: 125, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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