Board of Trustees, 1957-1965
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Box 5-6. Materials include documents relating to the Bennington College Board of Trustees, including correspondence between President Fels and members of the Board, committee files, and meeting minutes.
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Item Letter from Stanley Edgar Hyman to Harry Pearson(1965-04-09) Hyman, Stanley EdgarItem Letter to Mr. Bergmark from Holland Taylor with attached Case Statement(1964-09-14) Taylor, HollandItem Brochure Draft by Howard Nemerov for Fundraising(Bennington College, 1964-06-03) Nemerov, Howard; Brockway, Thomas P.The following is a draft statement for a brochure that was meant to be used for fundraising. Nemerov Howard proposed an unconventional document with radical views of Bennington knowing that most likely it could not have been used for fundraising purposes. But for the sake of "stimulating reactions, even violent ones, in other minds."Item Letter to Mr. Carleton Howe on preliminary building plans, 1958(Bennington College, 1958-09-19) President Fels Board of Trustees Box 5 of 15; 1958-1959 Trustees - Committees - Building CommitteeItem Trustee Meeting Notes- Space in the Barn and Commons(Bennington College, 1959-05-02)Item Art Policy Committee Report to the Trustees - Oct 12 1963(Bennington College, 1963-10-12)Item Addendum to Art Policy Studio Tour - Summary of Gallery/Studio Tour(Bennington College, 1963)There is no exact date on this document.Item Art Policy Committee Meeting June 18, 1964(Bennington College, 1964-06-18)Item Further Notes on Building Tours/ Conceptual Planning for Arts Building(Bennington College, 1964-07)More developed notes/comments on the Boston/New Haven New College Art Buildings Tours of June 1964, leading to a clearer idea of planning for the Bennington Arts Building.Item Notes on Building an Art Collection(Bennington College, 1964-06)Includes edited notes on building a permanent art collection at Bennington, as well as notes on the fire insurance policy for several paintings.Item Transcript of Conference Concerning Proposed Visual Arts Building and Art Gallery(Bennington College, 1964-08-25) Feeley, Paul; Novak, Lionel; Wehrer, Joseph; Winston, Lydia KItem Building Tour Reports - Arts Policy Committee Comments on tour of New Haven/Boston(Bennington College, 1964-07-24)Board Comments on a tour in June 1964 of recently built art buildings and museums at New Haven/Boston area schools -- Harvard, Brandeis, Andover, Yale, Wellesley. The purpose of this trip was to make note of the functional and attractive attributes of these recently constructed buildings in order to start planning for the construction of an arts building at Bennington.