Author: Pearce, Lilla M.

Publication Year: 1970

Media Type: Report

Summary:

Abstract:

Survey conducted and prepared by Lilla M. Pearce, educational analyst on the staff of the Education and Public Welfare Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress; prepared for the U.S. Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Special Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities. Responses to a survey with information on arts and cultural funding and support by government in four countries--Austria, Israel, Great Britain and West Germany; in 49 agencies of the U.S. Government; and by 47 U.S. state arts councils. Most of the data is from the late 1960's and includes budgets, types of programs and program descriptions. The survey also asked the state arts councils several evaluative questions about levels of funding, and the results are tabulated in the introduction.

CONTENTS
Survey Responses.

Part I. Foreign Countries: 

Austria, Israel, Great Britain, West Germany.

Part II. Government Agencies:

Legislative Branch:
     Architect of the Capitol, General Accounting Office,
     Government Printing Office, Library of Congress.

Executive Branch:
     Executive Office of the President: Office of Economic Opportunity.

Executive Departments:
     Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Department of
     Defense (includes Army, Navy, and Air Force), Post Office
     Department, Department of the Interior, Department of the
     Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor,
     Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Gallaudet College
     and Howard University), Department of Housing and Urban
     Development.

Independent Agencies:
     American Battle Monuments Commission, Appalachian Regional
     Commission, Commission of Fine Arts, Corporation for Public
     Broadcasting, District of Columbia, General services Administration,
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Foundation
     on the Arts and the Humanities, National Science Foundation, Small
     Business Administration Smithsonian Institution (National Gallery of
     Art) and Information Agency.

Selected Boards, Committee, and Commissions:
     Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and
     Monuments, Advisory Committee on the Arts, Advisory Council on
     Historic Preservation, American Revolution Bicentennial Commission,
     Committee for the Preservation of the White House, Indian Arts and
     Crafts Board, National Capital Planning Commission, National
     Historical Publication Commission, Advisory
     Commission on Information, and Advisory Commission
     on International Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Part III. State Art Councils:

Federal-State partnership program:
     Federal, State, and private funds received by State arts agencies,
     fiscal years 1966-70. 
     State responses to questions on Federal Funding, the coordination of
     Federal programs, and the States; areas of greatest need.

Information on the following state arts councils:
     Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, District of
     Columbia, Florid, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
     Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
     Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
     Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
     North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
     Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
     Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico,
     Virgin Islands.

Includes appendixes.

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Categories: Funding