Part 3 (M2004-115): Additions, 1954-2000
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1954-2000, documenting Professor Taylor's work as a member of the Board of the National Endowment for the Arts, research for the book co-authored with Anthony L. Barresi, The Arts at a New Frontier: the National Endowment for the Arts (1983), and research into the later history of the Endowment. The papers consist of information about the early history of the Endowment, clippings files on the controversy aroused in the 1990s by allegations that the Endowment was funding obscene and sacrilegious art, and correspondence with various members of the Board, past and present.

Series: General Files

Professor Taylor's notes on the materials in this accession

The Arts and the National Government, Report to the President submitted by August Heckscher, Special Consultant on the Arts, 1963 May 28 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1963)

Legislation founding the National Endowment for the Arts and amendments to , 1973
Scope and Content Note: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 209-89th Congress), As Amended by Public Law 348-90th Congress-June 18, 1968; National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 209-89th Congress), as amended through July 20, 1970; and National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 209-89th Congress), as amended through October 19, 1973.

Cultural Directory, Guide to Federal Funds and Services for Cultural Activities (New York: Associated Councils of the Arts, 1975)

Mayleas Study
Scope and Content Note: The Condition of Professional Training and Career-Development Opportunities in the Dance, Opera-Musical Theatre, and Theatre Fields, submitted by Ruth Mayleas, project manager, March 1980; also Interim Report, August 1979, and photocopy of article by Ruth Mayleas, “Supporting the Theatre: Strength through Diversity”

The Arts in America 1992, A Report to the President and to Congress (Washington, D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts, 1992)

Series: Clippings Files

General
Scope and Content Note: Robert Hughes, “Whose Art Is It, Anyway?”, Time (June 4, 1990): 46-8; Newsweek (July 2, 1990), special issue with cover “Art or Obscenity” and various articles in the Arts section; Robert Hughes, “The NEA: Trampled Again,” Time (June 22, 1992): 43; Inside Arts, 7, number 2 (April/May 1995), with articles on the decline in private and public funding for the performing arts and a deal between the NEA and Borders Bookshops; Time (June 12, 1995), special issue with cover “America's Cultural Revulsion” and various articles on sex and violence in the media; “The Counter-attack of God,” The Economist (July 8-14, 1995): 19-21; Robert Hughes, “Pulling the Fuse on Culture,” Time (August 7, 1995): 60-8; “Hard Money: Funders Talk about Funding for Museums,” Museum News (September/October 1995): 32-5, 51-2, and 62-3.

NEA documents, correspondence and clippings, 1974-1975

NEA Arts Administration Conference, 1975 October 16-17: agenda and Professor Taylor's notes

NEA Directory, NEA documents, correspondence, and clippings on NEA and NEA-funded activities, 1976-1980 (one clipping dates from , 1988, but refers to the late , 1970s)

1983
Scope and Content Note: Text of lecture by Professor Taylor to the Madison Civics Club, March 12, 1983, on “Public Funding for the Arts”; press releases and notes regarding the NEA, 1983.

“Obscenity, 1989”
Scope and Content Note: Clippings on Senator Jesse Helms's attack on NEA-funded art and artists, the U.S. Senate's response, and the NEA in 1989.

“NEA Obscenity Battle, 1990”: clippings and an NEA press release, , 1990

“Obscenity, 1991”: clippings, , 1991

“NEA, 1992”
Scope and Content Note: Clippings on Donna Shalala's appointment to the Department of Health and Human Services, John Frohnmayer's resignation from the NEA, and controversies surrounding the NEA.

1993
Scope and Content Note: Clippings on Jane Alexander's appointment as chair of the NEA Board and controversies surrounding the NEA.

“General, 1994”: clippings on the NEA

“Arts Endowment, 1995”
Scope and Content Note: Clippings, notes, NEA press releases, correspondence, newsletters.

“Art References, 1996”: clippings, newsletters, press releases on the NEA

“NEA, 1997”
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence with Jane Alexander, clippings on the NEA, especially Alexander's resignation and her replacement.

, 1998: clippings and newsletters on the NEA

“NEA, 1999”: clippings on the NEA

“NEA, 2000”: clippings and newsletters on the NEA

Series: NEA Personalities
Scope and Content Note: Clippings and correspondence files (also including curricula vitarum, and notes) regarding other NEA board members. This material was assembled by Professor Taylor in connection with the book she co-authored with Anthony L. Barresi in 1984, The Arts at a New Frontier: the National Endowment for the Arts and a possible sequel.

General correspondence, 1976

Walter Anderson, 1980-1985

June Batten Arey, 1975-1980

Livingston L. Biddle, 1977-1988

Anthony Bliss, 1983

Schuyler Chapin, 1982

Richard Contee, 1982

Luna Diamond, 1983

Richard Diebenkorn, 1981

John S. Edwards, 1982

Paul Engle, 1981

John E. Frohnmayer, 1992

Phil Hanes, 1981

Nancy Hanks, 1967-1983

The Friends of Nancy Hanks and the Nancy Hanks Memorial Lecture, 1985-1988

Doris Hering, 1981

Frances S.M. Hodsoll, 1983

Ruth G. Mayleas, 1981

Lawrence Reger, 1981

Ana Steele, 1969-1970

Ana Steele, 1981-1991

Isaac Stern, 1979-1981

Roger L. Stevens, 1954-1988

Roger L. Stevens, correspondence with Fannie Taylor, 1967

Michael Straight, 1969-1984