The National Endowment for the Arts 1965 - 2000: A Brief Chronology of Federal Support for the Arts

Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2000. A thumbnail history of the first 35 years of the federal government's support for the arts and the achievements of the Arts Endowment since its inception. This publication shows how the Endowment came into being and evolved, with a year-by-year summary of its most noted activities.

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NEA 1965-1995

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