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6. The NPG has established a regional office for the Catalogue of American Portraits in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, headed by Mr. Richard Doud, formerly editor of the Winterthur Annual. This office will coordinate the gathering of information on portraits in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Volunteers are being solicited in various communities to supervise the accumulation of data in their locales.

7. Negotiations with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Straus of New York have resulted in their agreement to give the Gilbert Stuart life portrait of Thomas Jefferson, known as the "Edgehill Portrait" to the National Portrait Gallery. The Strauses have asked for a suitable picture to hang in place of the "Edgehill Portrait."

8. At the last meeting of the Commission eight items were approved for acquisition with the hope that in lieu of the expenditure of funds from the Gallery's appropriation donors might instead be found. The Gallery has been successful in seven of the eight instances: The Barra Foundation of Philadelphia, Pa., gave the physiognotrace which is believed to have belonged to Raphaelle Peale; the Richard Nixon Foundation of Los Angeles, Calif., gave the portrait of President Nixon by Norman Rockwell (Mr. McNeil's assistance was instrumental in this case); Mr. J. R. Parten of Houston, Texas, gave the bust of Sam Rayburn by Jimilu Mason; the Brown Foundation of Houston, Texas, gave the bust of Sam Rayburn by Jimilu Mason; the Brown Foundation of Houston, Texas, gave the bust of Lyndon B. Johnson by Jimilu Mason; the Phelps-Dodge Corporation of New York gave the portrait of Anson Phelps by Waldo and Jewett; Mr. David P. Becker of Brunswick, Maine, gave the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Charles Wells; and Miss Ethel Merman gave her portrait by Rosemarie Sloat. Although a number of individuals and organizations were approached for a gift to acquire the bust of Norman Thomas by Joy Buba, no donor could be found. [The bust has since been acquired by the Gallery with its own funds.]

9. The Director requested the Commission's approval to acquire a collection of portraits by Winold Reiss of major figures of the Harlem Renaissance for which the Gallery already had received a matching grant of $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Director was empowered by the members of the Commission to acquire the Reiss portraits. [Gifts of $5,000 each from Mr. Howard H. Garfinkle of Miami, Fla., and Mr. Lawrence Fleischman of New York, N.Y. have been received by the NPG to match the NEA grant.]