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President Roosevelt sends a list of nominations for the Council of Fine Arts and encloses a copy of the executive order he issued to create such a council.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-18
President Roosevelt agrees with the American Institute of Architects’s suggestion to create a Council of Fine Arts to advise the government in matters relating to architecture, monuments, and the arts. He instructs the American Institute of Architects to compose a list of thirty men from around the country to serve as members of the Council, and expects that they will advocate for legislation to make the Council permanent. President Roosevelt also requests that the Council immediately report and advise on the creation of the Lincoln Memorial.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-11