National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
United States federal agency
The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities is an agency of the United States federal government that was established in 1965. Its purpose is to "develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions which preserve the cultural heritage of the United States."[1]
It is composed of four sub-agencies:
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities has 19 members:[2]
- Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
- Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Secretary of Education
- Director of the National Science Foundation
- Librarian of Congress
- Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts
- Archivist of the United States
- Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service of the General Services Administration
- Administrator of the General Services Administration
- Director of the United States Information Agency
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Transportation
- Chairman of the National Museum Services Board
- Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Labor
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Commissioner of the Administration on Aging
References
Further reading
- Sawyer, Kem Knapp (1989). The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. Know your government. Chelsea House. ISBN 9781555461157.
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- 36th President of the United States (1963–1969)
- 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963)
- U.S. Senator from Texas (1949–1961)
- U.S. Representative for TX–10 (1937–1949)
- Early years and career
- Operation Texas
- Texas Broadcasting Company
- Johnson Amendment
- Box 13 scandal
- Bashir Ahmad
memorials
- United States House of Representatives special elections, 1937
- 1938 United States House of Representatives elections
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- United States Senate special elections, 1941
- 1948 United States Senate elections
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- 1960
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1960
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- Democratic National Convention 1956
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- 1960 United States presidential election
- 1964
- Lyndon B. Johnson in popular culture
- Daisy advertisement
- Johnson cult
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- LBJ (1991 television film)
- Path to War (2002 film)
- All the Way (2012 play, 2016 film)
- Selma (2014 film)
- LBJ (2017 film)
- Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (wife)
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (daughter)
- Luci Baines Johnson (daughter)
- Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (father)
- Sam Houston Johnson (brother)
- Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. (grandfather)
- Joseph Wilson Baines (grandfather)
- George Washington Baines (great-grandfather)
- Chuck Robb (son-in-law)