National Arts and Humanities Foundations: Joint Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate and the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on Bills to Establish National Foundations on the Arts and Humanities, Part 1

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Page 127 - that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, and architecture." Our third President, Jefferson, supervised the building of his own beautiful home, and our lovely University of Virginia. In France Napoleon III, with the help of
Page 308 - I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.
Page 14 - to acquire by purchase, lease, loan, gift, or condemnation, and to hold and dispose of by grant, sale, lease, or loan, real and personal property of all kinds necessary for, or resulting from, the exercise of authority granted by this Act; (g) to receive and use funds donated by others, if such funds are donated without
Page 147 - humanities" includes, but is not limited to, the study of language, literature, history, and philosophy; archeology; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; the history of law, religion, and science; and those aspects of the social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods. (a)
Page 145 - (5) to accept and utilize the services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel and to provide transportation and subsistence as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 USC 73b-2), for persons serving without compensation; and (6) to prescribe, with the approval of the Comptroller General
Page 151 - prior to payment, without regard to the limitation of other laws relating to the expenditure of public funds and accounting therefor. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 110. (a) The Director shall, in accordance with such policies as the Board shall from time to time prescribe, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry
Page 162 - the following new paragraph : "(u) For financing under the direction of the National Humanities Foundation, in such amounts as may be specified from time to time in appropriation Acts, programs outside the United States designed to foster the interchange of information in the humanities and the arts between the United States and other countries, including but not limited to the financing of archeological
Page 71 - 12. The Foundation shall have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including, but without being limited thereto, the authority— (1) to prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary governing the
Page 145 - and to hold and dispose of by sale, lease, or loan, real and personal property of all kinds necessary for, or resulting from, the exercise of authority granted by this title. (4) to receive funds donated, bequeathed or devised by others, if
Page 147 - the arts" includes all arts areas and fields covered by the National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964, such as (1) music (instrumental and vocal), drama, dance, folk arts, creative writing, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, industrial design, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and

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