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State Archives of North Carolina"},{"label":"Language","value":["English"]},{"label":"Description","value":"In 1956 the state's art collection, much of which had been recently  purchased, moved from temporary gallery space in the Education Building  into the newly renovated State Highway Building in downtown Raleigh on Morgan Street.  During opening ceremonies as the North Carolina Museum of Art, the museum was described by the editor of ART NEWS as holding \"the most important public collection south  of Richmond and east of the Pacific.\"  In 1960, under the direction of  Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Museum of Art had completed its first phase of  growth and development and had attracted numerous new donors.  By the  mid-1960s this facility had become woefully inadequate for the proper   storage and exhibition of the state's expanding collection.  In 1967 the General Assembly created the State Art Museum Building  Commission to provide for the design and construction of a purpose- built museum that would adequately display and protect the state's art  collection and accommodate its future growth.  The duties of the  commission were to determine the selection of a site on the proposed  Heritage Square acceptable to the governor, Council of State, and the  State Capital Planning Commission; to select and advise architects; to  approve all architectural plans and drawings; and to enter into  contracts for the construction of the building and the purchase of  services, materials, furnishings, and equipment.  The commission was  authorized to receive public funds as well as private gifts from  foundations, corporations, and individuals.  It was to include nine  members appointed by the governor; three persons who had served in the  Senate appointed by the president, and three who had served in the House  of Representatives appointed by the speaker.  The governor was authorized  to designate one member to serve as chairman, and former State Senator  Thomas J. White was chosen.  The commission was to report on its  activities to the General Assembly at each regular session, and each  member was to serve until all duties assigned to the commission had been  completed.  Under the Executive Organization Act of 1971, the State Art Museum  Building Commission was transferred to the Department of Art, Culture,  and History, headed by a cabinet-level secretary appointed by the  governor.  Although subject to the oversight of the secretary, the  building commission retained its previous statutory powers.  In the  Executive Organization Act of 1973 the department was renamed the  Department of Cultural Resources.  Under the same legislation the  commission was re-created as the Art Museum Building Commission.  Its  duties and composition remained virtually the same, except that a  requirement was added that the site of the building was to be selected  \"in accordance with directions, if any, from the General Assembly.\"   (This proviso became a factor in a lawsuit settled in 1975 by the  North Carolina Supreme Court.)  The law also specified that any vacancy  was to be filled by the holder of the office originally  authorized to make the appointment to the place vacated, whether   governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House, and each new appointee was to have the qualifications that the law required of his predecessor.   During the period from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, successive  legislatures appropriated a total of $10.75 million for art museum  building construction.  During the same time, an additional five million  dollars was raised by a Capital Campaign Committee, including  approximately one million dollars from the Art Society.  The commission  chose as architects Edward Durell Stone and Associates of New York, who  designed the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Museum of Modern Art in  New York, and the North Carolina Legislative Building, with Holloway- Reeves as local associated architects.  Although the 1967 legislation had alluded to a block on Heritage  Square in downtown Raleigh as the future museum site, the 1969 General  Assembly amended the act, removing the reference to a specific location.   This action gave the Art Museum Building Commission legislative sanction  to choose another site.  The commission's Site Selection Committee  employed Economic Research Associates of Washington, D.C.; held a public  hearing under the auspices of the Department of Art, Culture and    History during the early l970s; and studied the reports of the   commission's other committees. In its final report the Site Selection Committee proposed the site favored by Economic Research Associates, a recommendation unanimously adopted by the commission. The site was on Blue Ridge  Road within the corporate limits of Raleigh and on state-owned land that was at the time assigned to the Department of Correction. It encompassed approximately 164 acres, included ample space for parking and possible future expansion, and was easily accessible from Interstate 40. The commission's decision to take the  Museum of Art out of central Raleigh where it was felt by many to be more accessible to the ordinary citizen and to school children, led to critical editorials, heated  legislative battles, and to lawsuits.  However, the commission's site selection was also approved by state officials  as required by law, and in January 1973 and August 1974 the Council of State authorized the transfer of the proposed property from  the Department of Correction to the Art Museum Building Commission.  The Commission also won favorable rulings by the Wake County Superior Court in 1974 and the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1975.   Under terms of the land transfer, forty-five acres were temporarily  reserved for the Department of Correction and specified for continued  use by the youthful prison offenders unit, known as Polk Youth Center.    In 1977 the General Assembly mandated that legislative approval was   required before the Art Museum Building Commission would be permitted    to make use of that reserved acreage.  During September 1977, groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the new  building.  In 1979 the General Assembly directed that the Art Museum  Building Commission was to continue to exercise its powers and perform  its duties until the building had been completed, dedicated, and   occupied; the state's art collection had been suitably exhibited or   stored; and the commission's biennial report or final report had been  submitted to the legislature, whichever occurred last.  The museum's dedication ceremonies were conducted by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., in   May 1981, and the grand opening for the public was held in April 1983,   in a facility four times the size of the former one on Morgan Street.  In 1986 the General Assembly stipulated that the Art Museum Building  Commission was to expire upon the submission of its final report, which  was to be submitted 120 days after the final resolution of all  construction cases or claims involving the commission or the North  Carolina Museum of Art.  During the last part of the decade the commission completed its duties and ceased to function.  REFERENCES:     P.L., 1929, c. 314.  P.L., 1947, c. 500.  S.L., 1961, c. 731.  S.L., 1967, c. 1142.  S.L., 1969, c. 545.  S.L., 1971, c. 864, s. 19(11).  S.L., 1973, c. 476, s. 1; s. 39-43.  S.L., 1977, c. 802, s. 25.25.  S.L., 1979, c. 1306, ss. 2-6.  S.L., 1985, c. 1028, s. 15.  G.S. 143B-58 through 143B-61.1 [1992].  Department of Cultural Resources.  ANNUAL REPORT: JULY 1, 1972-JUNE 30,    1973.  Raleigh, 1973.  Pp. 103-110.  Fiscal Research Division.  North Carolina General Assembly.  CAPITAL   FACILITIES PROGRAM REVIEW.  Raleigh, 1993.  Pp. 76-77.  Lewis v. White, NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS 287 (1975): 625-645.  London, George E.  \"50th Birthday in Review.\"  Address at Annual   Dinner of the N.C. Art Society, Hilton Inn, Raleigh,  December 1,   1976.  In 1976 ANNUAL REPORT, 50TH ANNIVERSARY.  Art            Society Record Group.  North Carolina State Archives.  Raleigh, N.C.   Printed program.  North Carolina Museum of Art.  Department of Cultural Resources.  THE   NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART:  A BRIEF HISTORY.  Raleigh, 1986.  %7EFor information about related agencies, see the agency histories for  the Art Society Record Group (#188) and the North Carolina Museum of  Art Record Group (#81).  SEE ALSO: Supreme Court Case, Spring 1952, Case No. 449, North Carolina State Art Society, Inc., North Carolina State Art Commission, Dr. Robert Lee Humber (chairman) et als v. Henry L. Bridges (state auditor)."},{"label":"Digital Characteristics","value":"2 pages"},{"label":"Format","value":["Finding aids"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"This item is provided courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina and is a public record according to G.S.132."},{"label":"Source Collections","value":["Art Museum Building Commission Records. 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