VMFA_EAD_SC02Cheek, Leslie Jr. (SC-02)Finding Aids to Special Collections in the VMFA Archives | Leslie Cheek, Jr. Personal Papers SC-02Special Collection 02 (SC-02)Jennie Runnels, Records Manager; Finding aid encoded by Courtney Yevich Tkacz, VMFA Archivist (2009)Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives
1994-1995
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library200 N. Arthur Ashe BoulevardRichmond, VA 23220-4007Business Number: 804-340-1495library@vmfa.museumURL: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-12 07:00:44 -0400.Description is written in: English, Code for undetermined script script.Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ArchivesLeslie Cheek, Jr. Personal Papers (SC-02)Cheek, Leslie, 1908-McClenahan, Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek, 1917-Temple, K. RichmondRouse, Parke, 1915-1997Yale UniversityJoseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of ArtVirginia Museum of Fine ArtsSkylark FarmWashington and Lee UniversitySC-02/repositories/2/resources/1319.4 Linear Feet16 boxes; 596 folders and 48 oversized items1931-1993This collection documents a portion of the life of Leslie Cheek, Jr., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' second and longest-tenured Director (1948-1968). One series includes material from his early career and activities before the VMFA, as well as his tenure at the museum, and through his retirement. Two series document the publication of two photobiographies about Cheek, "Living by Design" and "Designing for the Arts." Another series is comprised of materials about Skylark Farm, the house and tree farm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, owned, designed and furnished by the Cheeks between 1967 and 1977 when it was donated to Washington and Lee University. Other series document the Cheeks' personal world travels in the 1950s-1980s, some of Cheek's awards, and finally, a number of framed architectural drawings done by Cheek as a student in the 1930s.English
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Biographical Note
Leslie Cheek, Jr. was the second and longest-tenured Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. During his 20 year Directorship (1948-1968), he transformed the museum from a regional gem to a museum that operated on the international stage.
Born in Nashville, Cheek was the son of Mabel Wood and Leslie Cheek, Sr., who became rich by investing in the family formula for Maxwell House Coffee. Cheek studied art at Harvard University before taking up architecture at Yale University and Columbia. After graduation, he headed to William and Mary College where he founded and headed up the Department of Fine Arts from 1937-1939. In 1939, he married Richmonder Mary Tyler Freeman, daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning author Douglas Southall Freeman. From 1939-1942, Cheek served in his first Directorship at the Baltimore Museum of Fine Art. He left the museum in 1942 to join the Army Corps of Engineers in WWII.
After the war, he was hired as the Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine and lived in New York City for three years. In 1948, he came to the VMFA as Director, spending 20 years building the collections, endowments, and reputation of the museum. He was known for the Artmobile, a mobile art program which brought the museum's collections all over the state of Virginia, and the Virginia Museum Theatre which opened in 1955 and successfully integrated the performing and visual arts.
After retiring in 1968, Cheek stayed active in the arts, and two books were published about his life and career, "Living by Design" and "Designing for the Arts." In 1967, the Cheeks purchased a mountaintop home named Skylark Farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains, which they donated to Washington and Lee University in 1977.
The collection is open for research. A limited number of files are restricted. Access to restricted materials may require written permission of the donor and/or the VMFA Director.
Publication
The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.
Preferred Citation
Leslie Cheek, Jr. Personal Papers (SC-02). Gift of Mary Tyler Cheek McClenahan, Leslie Cheek III, Richard W. Cheek, and Elizabeth C. Morgan. VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.
Scope and Content Note
The collection's inclusive dates are 1931-1993, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s-1980s. The collection is comprised of correspondence, plans, photographs, financial records, interviews, book drafts, exhibition records, travel itineraries, and other ephemeral material.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into six series, folders are arranged in the original order maintained by Cheek, and retain their original folder titles when provided.
Skylark Farm, 1966-1992"Living by Design" and "Cheek and the Arts," 1945-1989"Designing for the Arts," 1984-1991Personal Files, 1934-1992Awards and Degrees, 1931-1993Trips, 1952-1980
Processing Note
Processing and description were performed by Jennie Runnels in the mid-1990s. Original folder titles were retained. Publications were removed and added to the VMFA Library's holdings. Framed items were disassembled and the materials stored in flat files, with the exception of the few framed items which used archival mats.
Provenance
This collection is comprised of materials donated by Leslie Cheek, Jr.'s family members. The bulk of this collection was donated to the VMFA Library by Leslie's widow Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan in 1993. The remainder of the material was donated by Leslie's children in 2005.
Related Materials - VMFA Library: Books
Ten Talents in the American Theatre, 1957Living by Design: Leslie Cheek and the Arts, 1985Designing for the Arts: Environments by Leslie Cheek, 1990Southern Civility: Recollections of my Early Life, 2003
Related Materials - VMFA Library: Exhibition File
Drawings for the Stage by Leslie Cheek, Jr., 1987
Related Materials - VMFA Library: Subject File
VMFA Directors: Leslie Cheek Jr. (4 folders)
Related Materials - Library of Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Director's Correspondence, 1936-1976 (Coll. No. 33863 and 44067) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition Files, 1936-1992 (Coll No. 31633, 32958, 33041, 33160, 34679, 36342, 36957 and 37636)
Related Materials - Other Institutions
Archives of American Art, Washington, DC: Architectural Forum, 1945-47; Time Lab, 1946-47; House Beautiful, 1947; Forum Exhibits, 1946-48; Exhibition Houses, Architectural Forum, 1947; Architectural League; Beauty at the Bar, Architectural League, 1948; Life in USA Houses Speech, Architectural League, 1946; Baltimore Museum Files: Correspondence, Photographs, Exhibition Info and Brochures; Architectural Consultant Files, 1968 to 1992; Above It All (Yale Thesis); Camouflage Info, Fort Belvoir, early 40's; For Us the Living (microfilm, original at MOMA); Oral History InterviewCollege of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA: Photographs of Stage Sets; Articles; Festival Theatre; Publicity for Theatre Development; Publicity for Frobenius; Cheek Award; O'Keefe Affair; Muscarelle Museum; Competition Show; Publicity for Stage Design Exhibitions; WandM Coat-of-Arms; Tom Sawyer Exhibition; Publicity for Frank Lloyd Wright Show; Washington Speech; 19th Century Party; Faraway Farm Information; Drawings of Stage Sets related to WandM (Phi Beta Hall; Taliaferro Hall, Parties)Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY: For Us the Living ExhibitionQueens Museum, New York City, NY: Drawings of the 1939 New York World's Fair (Virginia Room)Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA: Four Camouflage Training Displays (Ft. Belvoir – early 40's); Rotunda Club HistorySeries 1: Skylark FarmSC-02-01/repositories/2/archival_objects/2962197 folders2 items1966-1992Series Description
This series is comprised of correspondence, plans, and photographs related to Skylark Farm, a house and tree farm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, owned, designed and furnished by the Cheeks between 1967 and 1977 when it was donated to Washington and Lee University. The Cheeks were also involved in the transformation of the house into a conference center for the University in the 1990s.
Property acquisition: maps, deeds, correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/29681966-1967SC-02 Box 1Folder 1Property acquisition: correspondence with D. Alen Penick, attorney/repositories/2/archival_objects/29691966-1967SC-02 Box 1Folder 2Skylark Farm construction: correspondence with architects/repositories/2/archival_objects/29701967-1968SC-02 Box 1Folder 3Property acquisition: correspondence with Penick/repositories/2/archival_objects/29711968SC-02 Box 1Folder 4Property acquisition: correspondence with Penick/repositories/2/archival_objects/29721969-1973SC-02 Box 1Folder 5Property acquisition: correspondence with Penick/repositories/2/archival_objects/29731974-1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 6Skylark Farm: proposal 10 year plan/repositories/2/archival_objects/2974undatedSC-02 Box 1Folder 7Skylark: site plan, revised/repositories/2/archival_objects/2975Jan. 1968SC-02 Box 1Folder 8Skylark: plans, drawings, articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/2976Oct. 1984SC-02 Box 1Folder 9Skylark: miscellaneous correspondence including floorplans, sections, realtors, Otis Mead/repositories/2/archival_objects/2977July 1985-Feb. 1991SC-02 Box 1Folder 10Skylark: correspondence with Robert Stewart, additions and architectural sketches/repositories/2/archival_objects/2978Mar. 1984-July 1987SC-02 Box 1Folder 11Skylark: design, blueprints for Skylark's roost/repositories/2/archival_objects/2979June 1986SC-02 Box 1Folder 12Skylark Farm: construction preparation/repositories/2/archival_objects/29801966-1967SC-02 Box 1Folder 13Road construction: maps and drawings/repositories/2/archival_objects/29811967-1971SC-02 Box 1Folder 14Skylark Farm: landscape architecture, Griswold, Winters, and Swain/repositories/2/archival_objects/29821968-1970SC-02 Box 1Folder 15Agricultural stabilization: conservation service/repositories/2/archival_objects/29831974-1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 16Road paving/repositories/2/archival_objects/2984Dec. 1972-July 1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 17Soil and Montebello, weather/repositories/2/archival_objects/29851957-1967SC-02 Box 1Folder 18Excavation, Evers Brothers/repositories/2/archival_objects/2986Aug. 1972-Nov. 1974SC-02 Box 1Folder 19Soil conservation: correspondence with W. E. Friend/repositories/2/archival_objects/2987Jan. 1969-Dec. 1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 20Skylark guest house addition: correspondence regarding conference center/repositories/2/archival_objects/29881983-1991SC-02 Box 1Folder 21Nurseries: correspondence, blueprints, plans, drawings/repositories/2/archival_objects/29891972-1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 22J. W. Harris: correspondence regarding surveying, mapping land/repositories/2/archival_objects/2990Mar. 1967-1978SC-02 Box 1Folder 23VPI Extension: planting Christmas trees/repositories/2/archival_objects/29911969-1972SC-02 Box 1Folder 24VPI Extension: planting Christmas trees/repositories/2/archival_objects/29921973-1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 25Garden layout/repositories/2/archival_objects/29931971SC-02 Box 1Folder 26Skylark Farm: landscape architecture, specifications, plans, drawings/repositories/2/archival_objects/2994undatedSC-02 Box 1Folder 27Skylark Farm: flower and vegetable gardens, plans and orders/repositories/2/archival_objects/29951970SC-02 Box 1Folder 28Tree farm: plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/2996undatedSC-02 Box 1Folder 29Christmas tree plantation plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/2997undatedSC-02 Box 1Folder 30Christmas tree plantation II/repositories/2/archival_objects/2998undatedSC-02 Box 1Folder 31Christmas tree sales/repositories/2/archival_objects/29991971-1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 32Christmas tree planting/repositories/2/archival_objects/30001968-1977SC-02 Box 1Folder 33Christmas tree appraisal and inventories/repositories/2/archival_objects/30011977SC-02 Box 1Folder 34Skylark Farm reforestation/repositories/2/archival_objects/30021973-1976SC-02 Box 1Folder 35Pond construction: drawings, plans, specifications, Mays and Sons/repositories/2/archival_objects/30031971-1972SC-02 Box 1Folder 36Fire protection equipment/repositories/2/archival_objects/30041970-1972SC-02 Box 2Folder 37Contractor John Snyder/repositories/2/archival_objects/30051972-1977SC-02 Box 2Folder 38Elevator system correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3006June-Sep. 1967SC-02 Box 2Folder 39Fountain installation/repositories/2/archival_objects/3007Mar.-July 1971SC-02 Box 2Folder 40Engineers Sowers, Rodes and Whitescarver/repositories/2/archival_objects/3008July 1968-May 1977SC-02 Box 2Folder 41Well and pump, Frank's Pump and Repair Shop/repositories/2/archival_objects/3009Apr. 1967-June 1972SC-02 Box 2Folder 42Chimney, N. W. Martin/repositories/2/archival_objects/3010Dec. 1970-Dec. 1973SC-02 Box 2Folder 43Trout pond/repositories/2/archival_objects/30111972-1975SC-02 Box 2Folder 44Contracts: pasture rental/repositories/2/archival_objects/3012June 1971-Nov. 1976SC-02 Box 2Folder 45Bomb shelter/repositories/2/archival_objects/3013undatedSC-02 Box 2Folder 46Tenant house: operating and maintenance/repositories/2/archival_objects/3014July 1967-Apr. 1976SC-02 Box 2Folder 47Tenant house: construction, architect payment, correspondence with Robert Stewart/repositories/2/archival_objects/30151973-1974SC-02 Box 2Folder 48Tenant house: plans and drawings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3016undatedSC-02 Box 2Folder 49Tenant house: construction, correspondence with perspective building contractors/repositories/2/archival_objects/30171971-1972SC-02 Box 2Folder 50Tenant house: construction, architect payment, correspondence with Robert Stewart/repositories/2/archival_objects/30181971SC-02 Box 2Folder 51Tenant house: construction, architect payment, correspondence with Robert Stewart/repositories/2/archival_objects/30191972SC-02 Box 2Folder 52Tenant house: furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/30201971SC-02 Box 2Folder 53Tenant house: furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/30211972-1973SC-02 Box 2Folder 54Tenant house: furnishings, Knoll International Inc./repositories/2/archival_objects/3022undatedSC-02 Box 2Folder 55Tenant house: furnishings, Miller and Rhoads/repositories/2/archival_objects/3023undatedSC-02 Box 2Folder 56Pond and dam construction: problems, correspondence with Penick and Mays/repositories/2/archival_objects/30241971-1973SC-02 Box 2Folder 57Manager's house: drawings and plans, also general site plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/30251967-1969SC-02 Box 2Folder 58Manager's house: construction, correspondence with architects, engineers, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/30261967-1969SC-02 Box 2Folder 59Manager's house: correspondence with architects, Johnson, Craven, and Gibson/repositories/2/archival_objects/30271968SC-02 Box 2Folder 60Manager's house: correspondence with architects, engineers, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/30281969SC-02 Box 2Folder 61Manager's house: construction, correspondence, J. B. Wine and Son/repositories/2/archival_objects/30291969-1970SC-02 Box 2Folder 62Manager's house: construction, architects' certificates and contractor requisitions/repositories/2/archival_objects/30301969-1970SC-02 Box 2Folder 63Manager's house: construction, correspondence with contractor J. B. Wine and Son/repositories/2/archival_objects/30311970SC-02 Box 2Folder 64Manager's house: construction, correspondence with architects, Johnson, Craven, and Gibson/repositories/2/archival_objects/30321969-1972SC-02 Box 2Folder 65Manager's house: construction problems, correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/30331970-1971SC-02 Box 2Folder 66Manager's house: furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3034Sep. 1967-Mar. 1970SC-02 Box 2Folder 67Skylark Farm main house: drawings, interior/repositories/2/archival_objects/3035undatedSC-02 Box 2Folder 68Skylark Farm weathervane/repositories/2/archival_objects/3036undatedSC-02 Box 2Folder 69Skylark: framing, letterhead design, drawings, serving trays/repositories/2/archival_objects/3037undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 70Visitors to Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/3038June 1974-Aug. 1976SC-02 Box 3Folder 71Blueprint of site and directions/repositories/2/archival_objects/3039undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 72Yardley screen: correspondence regarding acquiring from VMFA/repositories/2/archival_objects/3040Oct. 1983-Jan. 1984SC-02 Box 3Folder 73Skylark Farm: site plans, maps, aerial view/repositories/2/archival_objects/3041undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 74Tenant house #2: drawings and plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/3042undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 75Tenant house #2: construction, correspondence with Robert Stewart, architect/repositories/2/archival_objects/30431976SC-02 Box 3Folder 76Tenant house #2: construction, architect payment, Robert Stewart/repositories/2/archival_objects/30441976-1977SC-02 Box 3Folder 77Tenant house #2: construction, correspondence with consulting engineers, Sowers, Rodes and Whitescarver/repositories/2/archival_objects/30451971-1973SC-02 Box 3Folder 78Tenant house #2: construction, correspondence with consulting engineers, Sowers, Rodes and Whitescarver/repositories/2/archival_objects/30461976-1977SC-02 Box 3Folder 79Tenant house #2: construction, correspondence with John Snyder, general contractor/repositories/2/archival_objects/30471976-1977SC-02 Box 3Folder 80Tenant house #2: construction, contractor payment, John Snyder/repositories/2/archival_objects/30481976-1977SC-02 Box 3Folder 81Tenant house #2: furnishings, Sears and J.C. Penney/repositories/2/archival_objects/3049undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 82Tenant house #2: furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3050undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 83Skylark Farm: tax records, correspondence, assessments/repositories/2/archival_objects/3051undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 84Skylark Farm: tennis court construction/repositories/2/archival_objects/3052undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 85Skylark: instructions for signs and steps/repositories/2/archival_objects/3053Sep. 1988SC-02 Box 3Folder 86J. L. Heatwole, apple tree grafter/repositories/2/archival_objects/3054Sep. 1984-Apr. 1985SC-02 Box 3Folder 87Skylark Farm: newspaper articles, publicity/repositories/2/archival_objects/3055undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 88Skylark: Washington and Lee article by Richmond Temple/repositories/2/archival_objects/30561987-1988SC-02 Box 3Folder 89Skylark: correspondence and draft regarding Shenandoah Virginia Town and Country magazine/repositories/2/archival_objects/30571983-1985SC-02 Box 3Folder 90Postcard, unrealized dream house, proposed Washington and Lee conference center/repositories/2/archival_objects/3058Mar. 1990-Jan. 1992SC-02 Box 3Folder 91Correspondence with Artvue Color Postcard Company, Bill Bailey/repositories/2/archival_objects/3059undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 92"Alterations and Additions to the Guest House, Skylark Farm for Washington and Lee University," Robert Stewart/repositories/2/archival_objects/3060Mar. 1990SC-02 Box 3Folder 93Washington and Lee: correspondence with James Whitehead/repositories/2/archival_objects/3061Dec. 1977-Oct. 1988SC-02 Box 3Folder 94Skylark: De Brady project, manager at Washington and Lee, repairs and maintenance/repositories/2/archival_objects/3062undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 95Washington and Lee: correspondence with John D. Wilson/repositories/2/archival_objects/3063Nov. 1977-June 1992SC-02 Box 3Folder 96Cheek brochure on D. S. Freeman by Washington and Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/3064Jan.-Aug. 1989SC-02 Box 3Folder 97Skylark: correspondence regarding brochure/repositories/2/archival_objects/3065Oct. 1989SC-02 Box 3Folder 98Correspondence: Farris Hotchkiss/repositories/2/archival_objects/30661980-1988SC-02 Box 3Folder 99Correspondence: Farris Hotchkiss/repositories/2/archival_objects/30671989SC-02 Box 3Folder 100Correspondence: Farris Hotchkiss/repositories/2/archival_objects/30681990-1992SC-02 Box 3Folder 101Skylark: miscellaneous correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/3069Oct. 1978-Aug. 1985SC-02 Box 3Folder 102Skylark: miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/3070undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 103Big House: photographs of renderings and Bill Bailey painting/repositories/2/archival_objects/3071undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 104Paintings by Bill Bailey: correspondence and photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/3072undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 105One set complete drawings: façade with elevation/repositories/2/archival_objects/3073undatedSC-02 Box 3Folder 106Skylark ledger/repositories/2/archival_objects/30741971SC-02 Box 3Folder 107Skylark ledger/repositories/2/archival_objects/30751972SC-02 Box 3Folder 108Correspondence: J. R. Shelton, taxes and finance regarding Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/30761972-1977SC-02 Box 4Folder 109"Operating and Maintenance Instructions for the Equipment in 'The Tenant House and Shed'"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3077undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 110Skylark: invoices, guest house addition, Robert Stewart, Whitescarver-Rodes/repositories/2/archival_objects/30781985-1991SC-02 Box 4Folder 111Skylark: gifts to Washington and Lee for Skylark furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3079Feb.-Mar. 1982SC-02 Box 4Folder 112Skylark costs 1967: general/repositories/2/archival_objects/30801967SC-02 Box 4Folder 113Skylark costs 1967: accounting, lists by which books were originally set up/repositories/2/archival_objects/3081Dec. 1967SC-02 Box 4Folder 114Skylark costs 1967: architectural service/repositories/2/archival_objects/30821967SC-02 Box 4Folder 115Skylark costs 1967: Christmas tree project/repositories/2/archival_objects/30831967SC-02 Box 4Folder 116Skylark costs 1967: travel/repositories/2/archival_objects/30841967SC-02 Box 4Folder 117Skylark costs 1967: road/repositories/2/archival_objects/30851967SC-02 Box 4Folder 118Skylark costs 1967: soil conservation/repositories/2/archival_objects/30861967SC-02 Box 4Folder 119Skylark costs 1967: property search, Luray area/repositories/2/archival_objects/30871967SC-02 Box 4Folder 120Skylark costs 1967: trips, Autumn/repositories/2/archival_objects/30881967SC-02 Box 4Folder 121Skylark costs 1967: expense record/repositories/2/archival_objects/30891967SC-02 Box 4Folder 122Skylark costs 1968: fertilizer, lime/repositories/2/archival_objects/30901968SC-02 Box 4Folder 123Skylark costs 1968: gasoline, fuel and oil/repositories/2/archival_objects/30911968SC-02 Box 4Folder 124Skylark costs 1968: land costs/repositories/2/archival_objects/30921968SC-02 Box 4Folder 125Skylark costs 1968: insurance/repositories/2/archival_objects/30931968SC-02 Box 4Folder 126Skylark costs 1968: machine hire/repositories/2/archival_objects/30941968SC-02 Box 4Folder 127Skylark costs 1968: miscellaneous costs (other payments)/repositories/2/archival_objects/30951968SC-02 Box 4Folder 128Skylark costs 1968: purchases, seeds, plants/repositories/2/archival_objects/30961968SC-02 Box 4Folder 129Skylark costs 1968: rent of farm pasture/repositories/2/archival_objects/30971968SC-02 Box 4Folder 130Skylark costs 1968: repairs, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/30981968SC-02 Box 4Folder 131Skylark costs 1968: supplies/repositories/2/archival_objects/30991968SC-02 Box 4Folder 132Skylark costs 1968: taxes/repositories/2/archival_objects/31001968SC-02 Box 4Folder 133Skylark-photos and articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/3101undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 134Skylark-interiors, guest house/repositories/2/archival_objects/3102undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 135Skylark-interiors, main house/repositories/2/archival_objects/3103undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 136Skylark Farm-deed/repositories/2/archival_objects/3104undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 137Correspondence regarding gift to Washington and Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/3105undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 138J.R. Shelton/repositories/2/archival_objects/3106undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 139Letters regarding gift/repositories/2/archival_objects/3107undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 140Allen E. Penick/repositories/2/archival_objects/3108undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 141Letters regarding gift to Washington and Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/3109undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 142Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/31101977SC-02 Box 4Folder 143Farm data/repositories/2/archival_objects/31111977SC-02 Box 4Folder 144Christmas Tree Plantation X/repositories/2/archival_objects/31121977SC-02 Box 4Folder 145Electricity-Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/31131977SC-02 Box 4Folder 146Fencing/repositories/2/archival_objects/31141977SC-02 Box 4Folder 147Gas, Fuel and Oil-Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/31151977SC-02 Box 4Folder 148Labor Costs/repositories/2/archival_objects/31161977SC-02 Box 4Folder 149Lime, Fertilizer/repositories/2/archival_objects/31171977SC-02 Box 4Folder 150Repairs/repositories/2/archival_objects/31181977SC-02 Box 4Folder 151Secretarial Services/repositories/2/archival_objects/31191977SC-02 Box 4Folder 152J.R. Shelton/repositories/2/archival_objects/31201977SC-02 Box 4Folder 153Supplies/repositories/2/archival_objects/31211977SC-02 Box 4Folder 154Telephone/repositories/2/archival_objects/31221977SC-02 Box 4Folder 155Checkbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/31231977SC-02 Box 4Folder 156Skylark-appraisals/repositories/2/archival_objects/3124undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 157Appraisal-Skylark-furniture/repositories/2/archival_objects/3125undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 158Rockbridge Bank and Trust Co./repositories/2/archival_objects/3126undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 159Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/3127undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 160Appraisal-Mead Associates/repositories/2/archival_objects/3128undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 161Fees-related to gift appraisers, lawyers, real estate, surveyor/repositories/2/archival_objects/3129undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 162Cost of fencing material/repositories/2/archival_objects/3130undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 163Cost of lower apartment furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3131undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 164Cost of Tenant House #2 furnishings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3132undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 165Appraisal-Valentine/repositories/2/archival_objects/3133undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 166Costs-Skylark Farm/repositories/2/archival_objects/3134undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 167Deed of gift/repositories/2/archival_objects/3135undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 168Beacon Hill Property/repositories/2/archival_objects/3136undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 169News release/repositories/2/archival_objects/3137undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 170Correspondence with children regarding gift of Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/3138undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 171Expenses-preparing Skylark for sale or gift/repositories/2/archival_objects/3139undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 172Cancelled checks to substantiate gift/repositories/2/archival_objects/3140undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 173Personal letters regarding gift to Washington and Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/3141undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 174Hans P. Ziegler/repositories/2/archival_objects/3142undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 175Washington and Lee University-R.L. Huntley/repositories/2/archival_objects/3143undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 176J. Quincy Hunsicker, 3rd/repositories/2/archival_objects/3144undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 177R.S. Keefe/repositories/2/archival_objects/3145undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 178Tax info-Skylark/repositories/2/archival_objects/3146undatedSC-02 Box 4Folder 179Skylark-1977 income tax data/repositories/2/archival_objects/31471977SC-02 Box 4Folder 180Income tax data/repositories/2/archival_objects/31481977SC-02 Box 4Folder 181Work sheets/repositories/2/archival_objects/31491977SC-02 Box 4Folder 182Interest statements, dividends, refund, tax bills-real estate/personal property/repositories/2/archival_objects/31501977SC-02 Box 4Folder 183Gasoline tax/repositories/2/archival_objects/31511977SC-02 Box 4Folder 184Telephone tax/repositories/2/archival_objects/31521977SC-02 Box 4Folder 185Postage and secretarial/repositories/2/archival_objects/31531977SC-02 Box 4Folder 186Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/31541977SC-02 Box 4Folder 187Dues and subscriptions/repositories/2/archival_objects/31551977SC-02 Box 4Folder 188Stationary and supplies/repositories/2/archival_objects/31561977SC-02 Box 4Folder 189Business expenses/repositories/2/archival_objects/31571977SC-02 Box 4Folder 190RESTRICTED: Correspondence: Lowell Humphreys/repositories/2/archival_objects/31581971-1975SC-02 Box 16Folder 191RESTRICTED: Correspondence: Lowell Humphreys/repositories/2/archival_objects/31591973SC-02 Box 16Folder 192RESTRICTED: Correspondence: Lowell Humphreys/repositories/2/archival_objects/31601976-1977SC-02 Box 16Folder 193RESTRICTED: Correspondence: Lowell Humphreys/repositories/2/archival_objects/31611984-1991SC-02 Box 16Folder 194RESTRICTED: Correspondence: Harry Farber, farm manager/repositories/2/archival_objects/3162Apr. 1967-Mar. 1972SC-02 Box 16Folder 195RESTRICTED: Correspondence: Harry Farber/repositories/2/archival_objects/31631967-1974SC-02 Box 16Folder 196RESTRICTED: Employee correspondence: Luther Cash/repositories/2/archival_objects/31641975SC-02 Box 16Folder 197"Sign No. One, Skylark Farm," drawing by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/3165Dec. 1969SC-02 Hanging Location 1"Christmas Tree Plantation Layout = 4949 Trees - Plan of Plantation Number One = 1349 Trees," drawing by Leslie Cheek of Skylark Farm/repositories/2/archival_objects/3166July 1967SC-02 Hanging Location 1Series 2: "Living by Design" and "Cheek and The Arts"SC-02-02/repositories/2/archival_objects/296383 folders1 items1945-1989Series Description
This series is comprised of correspondence, interviews, and exhibition details related to the 1985 publication of "Living by Design: Leslie Cheek and the Arts," which was written by Parke Rouse, Jr. and researched by K. Richmond Temple. The photobiography was released at the same time that a corresponding exhibition entitled "Cheek and the Arts" opened at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in December 1985.
Q and A, Leslie Cheek Jr. to Elizabeth for volume one/repositories/2/archival_objects/31671945-1982SC-02 Box 5Folder 198Tapes-original: transcripts of taped interviews with various people prior to photobiography number one, includes index to tapes/repositories/2/archival_objects/31681982-1984SC-02 Box 5Folder 199Travel art-Virginia Museum, correspondence with Paul Perrot, photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/31691986-1988SC-02 Box 5Folder 200Travel art-Washington and Lee/repositories/2/archival_objects/31701985-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 201Travel art-Century Club/repositories/2/archival_objects/31711986-1987SC-02 Box 5Folder 202Travel art-Stratford/repositories/2/archival_objects/31721986SC-02 Box 5Folder 203Travel art-Asheville/repositories/2/archival_objects/31731986SC-02 Box 5Folder 204Travel art-Cheekwood/repositories/2/archival_objects/3174undatedSC-02 Box 5Folder 205Travel art show schedule: inventory list of objects/repositories/2/archival_objects/31751986SC-02 Box 5Folder 206Traveling portion-"Cheek and The Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3176undatedSC-02 Box 5Folder 207Travel art-University of Richmond/repositories/2/archival_objects/3177undatedSC-02 Box 5Folder 208Cheek's notes for biography: outline sketch/repositories/2/archival_objects/31781983SC-02 Box 5Folder 209Biography cost-financial arrangement/repositories/2/archival_objects/31791984-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 210Art exhibition-Stratford/repositories/2/archival_objects/31801986SC-02 Box 5Folder 211"Cheek and The Arts"-organization: Muscarelle exhibition/repositories/2/archival_objects/31811985SC-02 Box 5Folder 212Book Reviews: excerpts from "Time" and "Harvard" magazines/repositories/2/archival_objects/31821986SC-02 Box 5Folder 2135 December exhibition/repositories/2/archival_objects/31831986SC-02 Box 5Folder 214"Cheek and The Arts"-other U.S. galleries/repositories/2/archival_objects/31841985SC-02 Box 5Folder 215Bills-"Cheek and The Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3185undatedSC-02 Box 5Folder 216Exhibition transportation/repositories/2/archival_objects/31861985-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 217Slide show notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/31871984SC-02 Box 5Folder 218Preview letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/31881985SC-02 Box 5Folder 219Muriel Christison/repositories/2/archival_objects/31891985SC-02 Box 5Folder 220Westcott Cunningham/repositories/2/archival_objects/31901985-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 221Ray Geary/repositories/2/archival_objects/31911983-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 222Art exhibition correspondence-general/repositories/2/archival_objects/31921983-1985SC-02 Box 5Folder 223General correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/31931985-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 224Mark Johnson/repositories/2/archival_objects/31941985-1989SC-02 Box 5Folder 225Glen Lowry/repositories/2/archival_objects/31951983-1985SC-02 Box 5Folder 226Art exhibition-Bill Ryan/repositories/2/archival_objects/31961983-1986SC-02 Box 5Folder 227Pinkney Near/repositories/2/archival_objects/31971983-1985SC-02 Box 5Folder 228Legal costs: Buck Pennington, Ron Jennings MISSING/repositories/2/archival_objects/31981983-1984SC-02 Box 5Folder 229Correspondence: biographical data/repositories/2/archival_objects/31991984SC-02 Box 5Folder 230Biography correspondence current: monthly reports and personal letters to Leslie Cheek's children/repositories/2/archival_objects/32001984SC-02 Box 5Folder 231Title page/repositories/2/archival_objects/3201undatedSC-02 Box 5Folder 232Correspondence current/repositories/2/archival_objects/32021985SC-02 Box 5Folder 233Responses to biography questionnaire/repositories/2/archival_objects/32031984SC-02 Box 5Folder 234Publicity/repositories/2/archival_objects/32041985SC-02 Box 5Folder 235Biography correspondence-general current/repositories/2/archival_objects/32051985SC-02 Box 5Folder 236Correspondence non-current/repositories/2/archival_objects/3206undatedSC-02 Box 5Folder 237Biography-general correspondence A-O/repositories/2/archival_objects/32071984-1985SC-02 Box 6Folder 238Biography-general correspondence P-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/32081984-1985SC-02 Box 6Folder 239Acknowledgements, bibliography/repositories/2/archival_objects/32091985SC-02 Box 6Folder 240Correspondence-luncheons/repositories/2/archival_objects/32101984SC-02 Box 6Folder 241Correspondence-Alumni Society/repositories/2/archival_objects/32111984-1987SC-02 Box 6Folder 242Correspondence-Society of the Alumni/repositories/2/archival_objects/32121984-1986SC-02 Box 6Folder 243Biography-Helen Dohn/repositories/2/archival_objects/32131984-1985SC-02 Box 6Folder 244Biography-Ray Geary/repositories/2/archival_objects/32141984-1986SC-02 Box 6Folder 245Biography-John Canaday/repositories/2/archival_objects/3215undatedSC-02 Box 6Folder 246Biography-Ron Jennings/repositories/2/archival_objects/32161982SC-02 Box 6Folder 247Biography-Elizabeth Morgan/repositories/2/archival_objects/32171978-1983SC-02 Box 6Folder 248Biography-Parke Rouse, old (before 1985)/repositories/2/archival_objects/32181983-1986SC-02 Box 6Folder 249Biography-Parke Rouse/repositories/2/archival_objects/32191956-1986SC-02 Box 6Folder 250Correspondence-questions to answers, A-K: includes correspondence with Bernard Von Bothmer, Alistair Cook and Vincent Bowditch/repositories/2/archival_objects/32201984SC-02 Box 6Folder 251Correspondence-questions to answers, L-Z: includes correspondence with Sherman Lee, Thomas Messer, Roger Mudd and Vincent Price/repositories/2/archival_objects/32211984SC-02 Box 6Folder 252Biography-John Walker: includes John Walker's forward to biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/32221985SC-02 Box 6Folder 253Financial-Pat Foran: invoices for salaries and publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/32231985SC-02 Box 6Folder 254Biography costs-miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/32241986SC-02 Box 6Folder 255Biography costs-Richmond account/repositories/2/archival_objects/32251985SC-02 Box 6Folder 256Biography costs-fund William and Mary/repositories/2/archival_objects/3226undatedSC-02 Box 6Folder 257Biography costs-office, postage, publication, typing service/repositories/2/archival_objects/3227undatedSC-02 Box 6Folder 258Biography costs-Elizabeth Morgan/repositories/2/archival_objects/32281983SC-02 Box 6Folder 259Biography costs-photography/repositories/2/archival_objects/32291984SC-02 Box 6Folder 260Museum presidents/repositories/2/archival_objects/32301984SC-02 Box 6Folder 261Leslie Cheek's chronology: biographical data, resume/repositories/2/archival_objects/3231undatedSC-02 Box 6Folder 262Biography-Richmond Temple/repositories/2/archival_objects/32321983-1984SC-02 Box 6Folder 263Biography outline/repositories/2/archival_objects/32331984SC-02 Box 6Folder 264Biography-family: miscellaneous family notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/32341945SC-02 Box 6Folder 265Biography costs-Helen Dohn/repositories/2/archival_objects/32351984SC-02 Box 6Folder 266Biography costs-Parke Rouse/repositories/2/archival_objects/32361984SC-02 Box 6Folder 267Salary-Ray Geary/repositories/2/archival_objects/32371985SC-02 Box 6Folder 268Biography costs-salary, Richmond Temple/repositories/2/archival_objects/32381984-1985SC-02 Box 6Folder 269Muscarelle plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/3239undatedSC-02 Box 6Folder 270Luncheon-Sydnor: exhibition event/repositories/2/archival_objects/32401985SC-02 Box 6Folder 271Invitation letter "Cheek and The Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3241Dec. 1985SC-02 Box 6Folder 272Correspondence regarding review/repositories/2/archival_objects/32421985SC-02 Box 6Folder 273Newspaper clips regarding exhibition/repositories/2/archival_objects/32431985SC-02 Box 6Folder 274Muscarelle Museum Exhibit/repositories/2/archival_objects/32441984-1986SC-02 Box 6Folder 275Muscarelle Celebration/repositories/2/archival_objects/32451985SC-02 Box 6Folder 276"Cheek and the Arts" - Slide Presentation/repositories/2/archival_objects/3246undatedSC-02 Box 6Folder 277"Cheek and the Arts" - Century Club Exhibition/repositories/2/archival_objects/32471986-1987SC-02 Box 6Folder 278"Living by Design" - Temple, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/32481988-1989SC-02 Box 6Folder 279RESTRICTED: Transcripts-Richmond Temple interviews. Some interviews marked confidential./repositories/2/archival_objects/32491984SC-02 Box 16Folder 280"New exhibit, book trace Leslie Cheek's career," RTD clipping/repositories/2/archival_objects/3250Dec. 1985SC-02 Flat Files 1Series 3: "Designing for the Arts"SC-02-03/repositories/2/archival_objects/296460 folders1984-1991Series Description
This series is comprised of correspondence, drafts, and financial details related to the 1990 publication of "Designing for the Arts: Environments by Leslie Cheek," which was written by K. Richmond Temple. It was designed as a photo essay, and served as volume two to the previously published "Living by Design" in 1985.
Miscellaneous correspondence: family connection with restoration of Parthenon (Tennessee) and other historic buildings/repositories/2/archival_objects/32511989SC-02 Box 7Folder 281Memos to Richmond Temple: "Designing for the Arts" project/repositories/2/archival_objects/32521988-1989SC-02 Box 7Folder 282Pie Friendly's writings: early research for biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/32531987SC-02 Box 7Folder 283Outline: chronology and interviews for biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/32541984SC-02 Box 7Folder 284Introduction and Chapter 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/32551988SC-02 Box 7Folder 285Chapter Two draft/repositories/2/archival_objects/32561988SC-02 Box 7Folder 286Chapter Four draft/repositories/2/archival_objects/32571988SC-02 Box 7Folder 287Chapter Five draft/repositories/2/archival_objects/32581988SC-02 Box 7Folder 288Chapter Six draft/repositories/2/archival_objects/32591988SC-02 Box 7Folder 289Chapter Seven draft/repositories/2/archival_objects/32601988SC-02 Box 7Folder 290Settings for the arts: manuscript revisions/repositories/2/archival_objects/32611988SC-02 Box 7Folder 291Autobiography: Cheek notes and chronology/repositories/2/archival_objects/32621986SC-02 Box 7Folder 292Galley-Richmond Temple: galley proofs/repositories/2/archival_objects/32631989SC-02 Box 7Folder 293Book party notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/32641991SC-02 Box 7Folder 294List receiving books Vol. 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/32651989SC-02 Box 7Folder 295Vol. II "Designing For The Arts" sent out/repositories/2/archival_objects/32661991SC-02 Box 7Folder 296Afterword/foreword Vol. II: printers proofs, copies of dust jacket, letter from J. Carter Brown/repositories/2/archival_objects/32671989SC-02 Box 7Folder 297Afterword/foreword Vol. II: Richmond Temple and Guy Friddell/repositories/2/archival_objects/32681989SC-02 Box 7Folder 298Cheek Chronology (1908-1981) and resume/repositories/2/archival_objects/3269undatedSC-02 Box 7Folder 299Interviews-"Designing For The Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/32701987SC-02 Box 7Folder 300Correspondence Robert W. Stewart, AIA and Nancy Jordan Tenant for Vol. II/repositories/2/archival_objects/32711986SC-02 Box 7Folder 301Accounts for "Designing for the Arts": ledger accounts/repositories/2/archival_objects/32721987-1990SC-02 Box 7Folder 302Biography sent A-G/repositories/2/archival_objects/32731985-1990SC-02 Box 7Folder 303Biography sent H-L/repositories/2/archival_objects/32741985-1990SC-02 Box 7Folder 304Biography sent M-R/repositories/2/archival_objects/32751985-1989SC-02 Box 7Folder 305Biography sent S-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/32761985-1990SC-02 Box 7Folder 306Vol. I thank you's A-L/repositories/2/archival_objects/32771985-1990SC-02 Box 7Folder 307Vol. I thank you's M-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/32781987-1990SC-02 Box 7Folder 308Vol. II thank you's/repositories/2/archival_objects/32791990SC-02 Box 7Folder 309Format and outlines for Vol. II: schedules, outlines and proposed interviews/repositories/2/archival_objects/32801986-1987SC-02 Box 7Folder 310Correspondence with Betty Stacy: research questions/repositories/2/archival_objects/32811986SC-02 Box 7Folder 311Correspondence: search for a publisher of Book II/repositories/2/archival_objects/32821986-1989SC-02 Box 7Folder 312Contract-publisher and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/32831990-1991SC-02 Box 7Folder 313Contract Vol. II-Richmond Temple and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/328432629SC-02 Box 7Folder 314Vol. II correspondence-Ray Geary, Geary and Flynn Design Inc./repositories/2/archival_objects/32851989SC-02 Box 7Folder 315Debut Party Vol. II/repositories/2/archival_objects/3286Apr. 1991SC-02 Box 7Folder 316Library of Congress and ISBN forms for Vol. II/repositories/2/archival_objects/32871989SC-02 Box 7Folder 317Index For Vol. II/repositories/2/archival_objects/3288undatedSC-02 Box 7Folder 318Correspondence Vol. II-miscellaneous Virginia subjects/repositories/2/archival_objects/32891986SC-02 Box 7Folder 319Correspondence Vol. II-Russell Lynes, interviews and foreword for biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/32901986-1989SC-02 Box 7Folder 320Correspondence Vol. II-Alumni Society of William and Mary/repositories/2/archival_objects/32911986-1991SC-02 Box 7Folder 321Correspondence-Carter Brown/repositories/2/archival_objects/32921989SC-02 Box 7Folder 322Carter Brown's thesis on Virginia Museum/repositories/2/archival_objects/3293undatedSC-02 Box 7Folder 323Letters for information-biography: background material from classmates, family, friends and associates/repositories/2/archival_objects/32941989SC-02 Box 7Folder 324Previews-Vol. II/repositories/2/archival_objects/32951990SC-02 Box 7Folder 325Vol. II-Debut: announcements, plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/32961990-1991SC-02 Box 7Folder 326Costs-"Designing For The Arts" Fund-correspondence with Society of the Alumni, William and Mary/repositories/2/archival_objects/32971988-1992SC-02 Box 7Folder 327Correspondence Vol. II-Richmond Temple/repositories/2/archival_objects/32981989-1991SC-02 Box 8Folder 328Correspondence Vol. II-Richmond Temple/repositories/2/archival_objects/32991984-1988SC-02 Box 8Folder 329Correspondence Vol. II-Pie Friendly/repositories/2/archival_objects/33001986-1989SC-02 Box 8Folder 330Correspondence-Ray Geary and Geary, Flynn and Crane Inc./repositories/2/archival_objects/33011986-1991SC-02 Box 8Folder 331Photography Vol. II: New York trip, Richmond Temple and Century Associates/repositories/2/archival_objects/3302Dec. 1988SC-02 Box 8Folder 332Financial arrangement: correspondence with W and M Society of the Alumni/repositories/2/archival_objects/33031984-1989SC-02 Box 8Folder 333Bills-miscellaneous invoices/repositories/2/archival_objects/33041988-1991SC-02 Box 8Folder 334Bills-Raymond Geary, invoices Geary, Flynn Crane, Inc./repositories/2/archival_objects/33051988-1991SC-02 Box 8Folder 335Bills-costs, "Designing for The Arts" account sheets/repositories/2/archival_objects/33061987-1990SC-02 Box 8Folder 336Bills-Richmond Temple salary and expenses/repositories/2/archival_objects/33071988-1990SC-02 Box 8Folder 337Correspondence-miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/3308undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 338"Designing for the Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/33091986-1989SC-02 Box 8Folder 339Series 4: Personal FilesSC-02-04/repositories/2/archival_objects/4115211 folders25 items1934-1992English.Series Description
This series is mainly comprised of correspondence related to a myriad of activities and projects that Cheek took on throughout his career and during his retirement. There is a considerable amount of material created during his tenure as Director of the VMFA. This series also contains oversized materials, including many drawings done by Cheek while in school in the 1930s and after, as well as photographs, mounted clippings, and some bound volumes and drawings.
American Clan Leslie Society/repositories/2/archival_objects/41161990SC-02 Box 8Folder 3404 Homes/repositories/2/archival_objects/4117undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 341Harvard College Overseers/repositories/2/archival_objects/4118undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 342Woodberry Forest - J. Carter Walker Memorial Center Dedication/repositories/2/archival_objects/41191966SC-02 Box 8Folder 343Ross Valentine Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/4120undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 344Richmond News-Leader Article on Cheek by Guy Friddell/repositories/2/archival_objects/41211979SC-02 Box 8Folder 345Century Club - George Dandridge Gibson/repositories/2/archival_objects/41221988SC-02 Box 8Folder 346Voice of the People from Robert Hiedemann/repositories/2/archival_objects/41231991SC-02 Box 8Folder 347Transcriptions of Interviews with Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/41241964-1982SC-02 Box 8Folder 348Photographs - Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/4125undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 349Roanoke College/repositories/2/archival_objects/41261968SC-02 Box 8Folder 350William Hodges Baker Thesis - Origin and Early Development of the Virginia Museum Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/41271970SC-02 Box 8Folder 351Rotunda Club/repositories/2/archival_objects/41281980SC-02 Box 8Folder 352"The Four Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4129Apr. 1935SC-02 Box 8Folder 353Financial submission to governor/repositories/2/archival_objects/4130undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 354Financial support/repositories/2/archival_objects/41311935-1971SC-02 Box 8Folder 355Fire regulations and prevention/repositories/2/archival_objects/4132undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 356Flowers, plants, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/4133undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 357Governor Albertis S. Harrison/repositories/2/archival_objects/4134undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 358Forms/repositories/2/archival_objects/4135undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 359John Koenig Memorial/repositories/2/archival_objects/4136undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 360Overseas travel-Pinkney Near travel requests for summer, travel proposal, breakdown of Trustees special fund/repositories/2/archival_objects/41371959SC-02 Box 8Folder 361Galleries/repositories/2/archival_objects/4138undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 362Galleries-security/repositories/2/archival_objects/4139undatedSC-02 Box 8Folder 363Correspondence, Forum-House Beautiful: newspaper clippings, photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/41401945-1948SC-02 Box 9Folder 364World's Fair 1939-Burr Anderson: Richmond Temple article on Virginia Room, photographs, transparency, slide/repositories/2/archival_objects/41411939-1991SC-02 Box 9Folder 365Queens Museum (N.Y.) Gift of Virginia Room plans-blueprint of original design, gift letter/repositories/2/archival_objects/4142Feb. 1990SC-02 Box 9Folder 3661939 World's Fair: exhibition catalogue for Carl Milles (1940), newspaper clippings, 1939 World's Fair book and the New York World's Fair 1939/40 photo essay/repositories/2/archival_objects/41431939-1977SC-02 Box 9Folder 367World's Fair and other Special Exhibitions: newspaper clippings regarding N.Y World's Fair, Virginia Room and Brussels World's Fair,/repositories/2/archival_objects/41441939-1951SC-02 Box 9Folder 368Virginia Room Article: Mary Tyler Cheek's Virginia Cavalcade article (1985), newspaper clippings, photocopies, budget for Virginia Room and exhibition specifications/repositories/2/archival_objects/41451939-1985SC-02 Box 9Folder 369University of Richmond: 125th Anniversary/repositories/2/archival_objects/41461955SC-02 Box 9Folder 370Newspaper clippings 1956: articles written by and about Leslie Cheek Jr./repositories/2/archival_objects/41471956SC-02 Box 9Folder 371Cheek oral history project/repositories/2/archival_objects/4148undatedSC-02 Box 9Folder 372Oral History Project, Archives of American Art/repositories/2/archival_objects/41491980-1983SC-02 Box 9Folder 373Virginia Museum, 1955-90: VMT 35th anniversary, newspaper clippings, list of season programs, photographs of VMT under construction in 1954 and 1989-1990 MISSING/repositories/2/archival_objects/41501955-1990SC-02 Box 9Folder 374Correspondence with Buck Pennington: preliminary plans/repositories/2/archival_objects/41511983SC-02 Box 9Folder 375General Correspondence: correspondence with Paul Mellon, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, "A Very Private Man And His Supreme Gifts To The Public," John Canaday, Smithsonian Magazine (undated)/repositories/2/archival_objects/41521977-1983SC-02 Box 9Folder 376Jackson Monument: newspaper clippings, W&M Fine Arts department/repositories/2/archival_objects/41531939SC-02 Box 9Folder 377Art Commission of Virginia: New York World's Fair, Virginia Room, Jackson Monument review panel of which Cheek was a member/repositories/2/archival_objects/41541938-1939SC-02 Box 9Folder 378Conrad Swan: letter to Col. Fitzroy/repositories/2/archival_objects/41551964SC-02 Box 9Folder 379Christmas Party/repositories/2/archival_objects/41561964SC-02 Box 9Folder 380Director Theatre-Telford: operation and development of VMT to Theatre Virginia/repositories/2/archival_objects/41571985-1986SC-02 Box 9Folder 381Virginia Museum: service as VMFA consultant and as Director Emeritus/repositories/2/archival_objects/41581968-1985SC-02 Box 9Folder 382Anne Miller-5pm: Miller's thesis topic "Southern Artists"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4159Mar. 1974SC-02 Box 9Folder 383VMFA Consultant 1986: museum events and collection/repositories/2/archival_objects/41601986SC-02 Box 9Folder 384VMFA Consultant 1987: museum events and collection, repurchase of Pandora, photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/41611987SC-02 Box 9Folder 385VMFA Consultant 1988: theatre award, museum events and collection/repositories/2/archival_objects/41621988SC-02 Box 9Folder 386VMFA Consultant 1989: Senate resolution of Cheek's contributions to the Arts, VMFA long range plans, photographs, original menu from Egyptian Gallery Preview (1961)/repositories/2/archival_objects/41631989SC-02 Box 9Folder 387Library-Betty Stacy: gifts to museum library and research questions/repositories/2/archival_objects/41641986-1989SC-02 Box 9Folder 388Collectors' Circle/repositories/2/archival_objects/41651981-1986SC-02 Box 9Folder 389Collectors' Circle-Leslie Cheek membership/repositories/2/archival_objects/41661987-1990SC-02 Box 9Folder 390Paul Perrot-Virginia Museum: historical background for the three large interiors of VMFA, transcript of lecture by John White (1960)/repositories/2/archival_objects/41671985-1989SC-02 Box 9Folder 391Museum Director-Paul Perrot: events/repositories/2/archival_objects/41681983-1985SC-02 Box 9Folder 392Virginia Museum 1990: events and Theatre Virginia/repositories/2/archival_objects/41691990SC-02 Box 9Folder 393VMFA 1962-correspondence with Basil Taylor, exhibition and program publication for English Art exhibit, "American Painting '62" checklists/repositories/2/archival_objects/41701962SC-02 Box 9Folder 394VMFA 1960- "Form Givers" catalogue, season summary and financial statement/repositories/2/archival_objects/41711959-1960SC-02 Box 9Folder 395VMFA miscellaneous-newspaper clippings, history of the museum, minutes of the first Board of Directors of the VMFA, June 23, 1934, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous invitations/repositories/2/archival_objects/41721934-1982SC-02 Box 9Folder 39616 May '69 Party for Cheeks-dinner honoring Cheek, programs, schedules, new clippings on new wing/repositories/2/archival_objects/41731969SC-02 Box 9Folder 397VMT 1957-drama series layout and publications for museum program/repositories/2/archival_objects/41741957-1958SC-02 Box 9Folder 398Architecture in Virginia by William B. O'Neal-newspaper clippings and correspondence concerning "Architecture in Virginia: An Official Guide to Four Centuries of Building In The Old Dominion"/repositories/2/archival_objects/41751968SC-02 Box 9Folder 399AIV-list of AIV's relevant to Cheek biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/41761960-1969SC-02 Box 9Folder 400UNESCO-Richmond News Leader clippings of Cheek as member of UNESCO/repositories/2/archival_objects/41771959SC-02 Box 9Folder 401AIV'S-newspaper clipping review of AIV, v.6 #3 Spring 66, v.6 #1 Fall 65, v.7#2 Winter 67, v.3#1 Fall 62, v.9 #1 Fall 68/repositories/2/archival_objects/41781962-1968SC-02 Box 9Folder 402Additions to museum-miscellaneous clippings and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/41791965-1969SC-02 Box 9Folder 403Cheek's ideas on museums and arts in general-paper on BMA for AAM 1940 and other articles by Cheek on W&M and other museums, in "Magazine Of Art," March 1938/repositories/2/archival_objects/41801938-1940SC-02 Box 9Folder 404VMFA 1966-Cheek's remarks for Trustee meeting, "American Painting '66" catalog, newspaper clipping/repositories/2/archival_objects/41811966SC-02 Box 9Folder 405VMFA Hollywood exhibition-"George Stevens Makes A Film," newspaper clippings and proposals/repositories/2/archival_objects/41821955SC-02 Box 9Folder 4061965-Louden County Chapter program 1965-1966, newspaper clippings, Artmobile Inaugural Parade/repositories/2/archival_objects/41831965-1966SC-02 Box 9Folder 4071964-Blue Ridge Chapter Program 1963-1964, newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/41841963-1964SC-02 Box 9Folder 4081963-10th Anniversary of the Artmobile/repositories/2/archival_objects/41851963SC-02 Box 9Folder 409Retirement clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/4186undatedSC-02 Box 9Folder 410Clips, Design in Scandinavia, Scandinavian newspapers/repositories/2/archival_objects/41871953SC-02 Box 9Folder 411Baltimore Sun article, Edith Lindeman/repositories/2/archival_objects/41881968SC-02 Box 9Folder 412Society of Architectural Historians, Architectural Tour/repositories/2/archival_objects/4189Oct. 1969SC-02 Box 9Folder 413Museum information/repositories/2/archival_objects/41901968-1969SC-02 Box 9Folder 414New York cocktail party/repositories/2/archival_objects/4191Nov. 1968SC-02 Box 9Folder 415Correspondence-Cheek, C. Humelsine, and Mrs. A. I. Dupont, Colonial Williamsburg and Anheuser-Busch project, exhibitions, checklists, theatre programs, newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/41921949-1969SC-02 Box 10Folder 416Schedules-event schedules, trip itineraries/repositories/2/archival_objects/41931961SC-02 Box 10Folder 417Resignation and restoration clippings-Arthur H. Ballet/repositories/2/archival_objects/4194undatedSC-02 Box 10Folder 418Resignation-George Gibson, Morton Thalhimer, Cheek resignation and related correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/41951937-1958SC-02 Box 10Folder 419Resignation letters of support/repositories/2/archival_objects/41961958SC-02 Box 10Folder 420Meeting with Mr. Will, September 3, 1968-E. Will, Cheek retirement and related correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/4197Sep. 1968SC-02 Box 10Folder 421Correspondence regarding retirement/repositories/2/archival_objects/41981967-1971SC-02 Box 10Folder 422Virginia Museum correspondence, 1969-81-Peter Mooz and various museum staff, covering social events, Cheek's tenure as Director Emeritus, theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/41991957-1958SC-02 Box 10Folder 423Luncheon, Saam Nystad, April 21, 1983-Pinkney Near and Saam Nystad, purchase of Steen's "The Letter," and Nystad's visit to museum/repositories/2/archival_objects/4200Apr. 1983SC-02 Box 10Folder 424Museum years, correspondence-Morton Thalhimer, charts, statistics, statements during Cheek years, museum significant dates, Cheek background, resume, Distinguished Service Award/repositories/2/archival_objects/42011960-1984SC-02 Box 10Folder 425J. Carter Brown/repositories/2/archival_objects/4202undatedSC-02 Box 10Folder 426J. Carter Brown thesis-J, Carter Brown's thesis of Virginia Museum (1960), resume, retirement, news clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42031960-1992SC-02 Box 10Folder 427Correspondence-Monroe Bush, Governor Almond, G. Gibson, reception for Almond/repositories/2/archival_objects/42041958SC-02 Box 10Folder 428Correspondence: G. Gibson, Richard Reynolds, museum chart of organization, membership appeal/repositories/2/archival_objects/42051956-1957SC-02 Box 10Folder 429Cheek retirement/repositories/2/archival_objects/42061953-1964SC-02 Box 10Folder 430Correspondence regarding Cheek becoming director, June 1948-July 1960/salary information/repositories/2/archival_objects/4207June 1948-1960SC-02 Box 10Folder 431Letters to Cheek regarding 1968 retirement and awards I/repositories/2/archival_objects/42081966-1971SC-02 Box 10Folder 432Letters to Cheek regarding 1968 retirement and awards II/repositories/2/archival_objects/42091966-1971SC-02 Box 10Folder 433Museum data/repositories/2/archival_objects/42101949-1968SC-02 Box 10Folder 434McCarthy, Mr. Frank-executive producer of 20th Century Fox, biographical data, Virginia Theatre Arts system, proposal for Art of Filmmaking, Ford Foundation grant for VM theatre, letter to Shirley MacLaine/repositories/2/archival_objects/42111954-1968SC-02 Box 10Folder 435VMFA 1966 Annual Meeting-proposals for Part I: "Present Problems of the Virginia Artist and Craftsmen in Regard to his Education and Support" and Part II "Establishment, Maintenance and Operation of a Project to Provide Experience and Instruction in the Dramatic Arts for Children and Adults," report of the President, newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42121966SC-02 Box 10Folder 436VMFA news clips, correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42131967SC-02 Box 10Folder 437Virginia State Library, Correspondence-Paul Perrot, letters of permission to access Virginia State Library and Archives file regarding museum by Richmond Temple for Cheek biography, receipt forms/repositories/2/archival_objects/42141983-1984SC-02 Box 10Folder 438Members' Suite-photocopied images of members' suite, article on its design and related correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42151955-1983SC-02 Box 10Folder 439Christmas at the museum-short essay by Cheek and related correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42161983SC-02 Box 10Folder 440Cinevision/Muscarelle Museum-correspondence with Glen Lowry (W&M) about Smithsonian project grant from Time, Inc., "Hollywood: Legend and Reality," Muscarelle Museum Annual Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/42171983-1984SC-02 Box 10Folder 441"Movable Walls and Lighting in the Virginia Museum in Richmond, Virginia"-includes photocopies of installations and article by Carroll B. Lusk on museum lighting, photos/repositories/2/archival_objects/42181965SC-02 Box 10Folder 442Correspondence with Armand Hammer regarding Pratt Faberge collection/repositories/2/archival_objects/42191986-1989SC-02 Box 10Folder 443VMFA printed material/repositories/2/archival_objects/42201965-1968SC-02 Box 10Folder 444North Wing addition-photographs, negatives, architectural renderings, drawings, models/repositories/2/archival_objects/42211964SC-02 Box 10Folder 445Newspaper supplement on VMFA/repositories/2/archival_objects/42221961SC-02 Box 10Folder 446Newspaper clippings on VMFA history/repositories/2/archival_objects/42231965-1984SC-02 Box 10Folder 447Correspondence-Mellon exhibition, "Painting in England, 1700-1850"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4224June 1960-May 1963SC-02 Box 10Folder 448Correspondence-exhibit plans and preparation, "Painting in England, 1700-1850"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4225June 1960-Oct. 1963SC-02 Box 10Folder 449Checklist, "Painting in England, 1700-1850"/repositories/2/archival_objects/42261963SC-02 Box 10Folder 450Cheek fan mail-fan mail for "Treasures In America, 25th Anniversary of VM"/repositories/2/archival_objects/42271961-1979SC-02 Box 10Folder 451Cheek's writings-various articles on architecture and design/repositories/2/archival_objects/42281940SC-02 Box 10Folder 452Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42291957SC-02 Box 10Folder 453Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42301958SC-02 Box 10Folder 454Paul Perrot-correspondence between Perrot and Cheek, Perrot retirement announcement/repositories/2/archival_objects/42311990-1991SC-02 Box 10Folder 455Faberge Jewels-Harry Brooks, Victor Hammer, inquiries concerning the acquisition of Faberge Jewels/repositories/2/archival_objects/42321983-1987SC-02 Box 10Folder 456"The Virginia Arts"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4233undatedSC-02 Box 10Folder 457Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42341979SC-02 Box 10Folder 458Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42351981SC-02 Box 10Folder 459Virginia Museum 1987-correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42361987SC-02 Box 10Folder 460Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42371989SC-02 Box 10Folder 461Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42381990SC-02 Box 10Folder 462Correspondence-Fred Brandt, Cheek monetary contribution/repositories/2/archival_objects/42391991-1992SC-02 Box 10Folder 463Lee, Katherine-general information and museum events/repositories/2/archival_objects/42401991-1992SC-02 Box 10Folder 464David Curry-"At Home: American Art in the Virginia Museum" exhibition, correspondence regarding museum collections/repositories/2/archival_objects/42411991SC-02 Box 10Folder 465Museum background-articles on Cheek's background and personal history/repositories/2/archival_objects/4242undatedSC-02 Box 10Folder 466Shu Knoll interiors, VMFA 1954-photo, article on Knoll/repositories/2/archival_objects/42431954SC-02 Box 10Folder 467Theatre dedication ceremony/repositories/2/archival_objects/4244Jan. 18, 1990SC-02 Box 10Folder 468U.S. Information Agency handbook, Jan. 1961, activities report, incomplete/repositories/2/archival_objects/42451961SC-02 Box 11Folder 469People to people-inception/founding/repositories/2/archival_objects/42461957SC-02 Box 11Folder 470People to people-summary of activities and highlights/repositories/2/archival_objects/42471957-1961SC-02 Box 11Folder 471People to people-organizational proposal, newsletters, other related printed material/repositories/2/archival_objects/42481957-1961SC-02 Box 11Folder 472People to people-program and events, David Finley (chair of Fine Arts Committee) and Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/42491956-1957SC-02 Box 11Folder 473People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/42501958SC-02 Box 11Folder 474People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/42511960SC-02 Box 11Folder 475People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/4252Jan.-June 1961SC-02 Box 11Folder 476People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/4253July-Dec. 1961SC-02 Box 11Folder 477People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/4254Jan.-Feb. 1962SC-02 Box 11Folder 478People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/4255Mar.-May 1962SC-02 Box 11Folder 479People to people/repositories/2/archival_objects/4256June-July 1962SC-02 Box 11Folder 480Essay, VMFA theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/4257undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 481Theatre Virginia 1989-articles on Bob Telford/repositories/2/archival_objects/42581989SC-02 Box 11Folder 482Theatre-printed material, Xeroxed photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/42591950s-1980sSC-02 Box 11Folder 483VM Theatre history/repositories/2/archival_objects/4260undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 484Concerts at the Virginia Museum Theatre-The Richmond Chamber Music Society, also correspondence regarding Herod Cannon Memorial Chapel, "The Eager Listener"/repositories/2/archival_objects/42611959-1960SC-02 Box 11Folder 485VM Theatre clips/repositories/2/archival_objects/4262undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 486VMFA Council-formation 1955-1960s, early activities, newspaper clippings, history/repositories/2/archival_objects/42631955-1980SC-02 Box 11Folder 487VMFA Fellows-formation and updates, correspondence with Paul Mellon and members, statement of purposes, history/repositories/2/archival_objects/42641955-1984SC-02 Box 11Folder 488Fellows correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/42651989-1991SC-02 Box 11Folder 489Early Artmobile-correspondence with Neil November about Sara November as the creator of Art-on-Wheels project via Valentine museum around 1934, newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42661934-Nov. 1986SC-02 Box 11Folder 490Exhibitions-"Healy's Sitters"/repositories/2/archival_objects/42671950SC-02 Box 11Folder 491Photocopied photos of lecturers and jurors, exhibition installations, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/42681950-1968SC-02 Box 11Folder 492Exhibitions-"Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill," architectural, Reynolds Metals magazine/repositories/2/archival_objects/42691958SC-02 Box 11Folder 493Exhibitions-"Home Front 1861," "Sport and the Horse" 1960, a 1987 outline for "Home Front 1861"/repositories/2/archival_objects/42701960-1987SC-02 Box 11Folder 494"Photography in the Fine Arts," Exhibition V, 1967, Cheek on board of selection/repositories/2/archival_objects/42711967SC-02 Box 11Folder 495Photographs of exhibitions, mainly "Home Front 1861," also "Tastemakers" and "Romanticism"/repositories/2/archival_objects/42721961SC-02 Box 11Folder 496Photographs-VMFA events, theatre, Artmobile, exhibits/repositories/2/archival_objects/42731954-1963SC-02 Box 11Folder 497South Wing Addition-test boring survey/repositories/2/archival_objects/4274undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 498PAVE: "School for Wives"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4275undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 499National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965/repositories/2/archival_objects/42761965SC-02 Box 11Folder 500Medieval Hall acoustics/repositories/2/archival_objects/4277undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 501Museum library, including 1957 proposal/repositories/2/archival_objects/42781957SC-02 Box 11Folder 502Interstate Interagency Committee on Recreation/repositories/2/archival_objects/4279undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 503IRS rulings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42801958SC-02 Box 11Folder 504Britain's National Art Collections Fund/repositories/2/archival_objects/42811964SC-02 Box 11Folder 505Homer and the Sea/repositories/2/archival_objects/42821964SC-02 Box 11Folder 506Keys/repositories/2/archival_objects/4283undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 507Kitchen Equipment/repositories/2/archival_objects/4284undatedSC-02 Box 11Folder 508Fellowships/repositories/2/archival_objects/4285undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 509Fellows-retired/repositories/2/archival_objects/4286undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 510Fellows-speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/4287undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 511Exhibitions-Thalhimer (Sandwich Glass)/repositories/2/archival_objects/4288undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 512Exhibition schedule-loans beginning with 1959/1960 season/repositories/2/archival_objects/42891959-1960SC-02 Box 12Folder 513Furniture exhibition, 1640-1820/repositories/2/archival_objects/4290undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 514Publicity regarding Southern furniture exhibition, 1640-1820/repositories/2/archival_objects/4291undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 515Furniture of the South/repositories/2/archival_objects/4292undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 516Miscellaneous clips-newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/42931960sSC-02 Box 12Folder 517VMFA clippings-newspaper clippings, Cheek membership of UNESCO, chair of American Federation of the Arts, retirement, Mellon clippings, programs and events, Ross Valentine's columns on art/repositories/2/archival_objects/42941959-1983SC-02 Box 12Folder 51825th anniversary clips-newspaper clippings, Junior League article/repositories/2/archival_objects/42951961SC-02 Box 12Folder 519Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/4296undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 520Social planning and programs for Reston, Virginia/repositories/2/archival_objects/4297undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 521Mr. Cheek-Reston, Virginia/repositories/2/archival_objects/4298undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 522Stankobitz project/repositories/2/archival_objects/4299undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 523Retirement/repositories/2/archival_objects/4300undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 524Retirement dinner/repositories/2/archival_objects/4301May 1969SC-02 Box 12Folder 525Retirement-letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/4302undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 526Retirement/repositories/2/archival_objects/4303Oct. 1968SC-02 Box 12Folder 527Cheek - miscellaneous correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/4304undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 528William and Mary/repositories/2/archival_objects/4305undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 529Newspaper article and editorial, Leslie Cheek Jr./repositories/2/archival_objects/4306Dec. 1992SC-02 Box 12Folder 530Cavalcade/repositories/2/archival_objects/4307undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 531Post-retirement projects/repositories/2/archival_objects/4308undatedSC-02 Box 12Folder 53218 January luncheon/repositories/2/archival_objects/43091990SC-02 Box 12Folder 533Charter day, W and M/repositories/2/archival_objects/43101984SC-02 Box 13Folder 534"Sentimental Journey"/repositories/2/archival_objects/4311Sep. 14, 1981SC-02 Box 13Folder 535Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/4312undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 536Farewell party for Bob Telford/repositories/2/archival_objects/4313June 9, 1966SC-02 Box 13Folder 537Newspaper articles, Leslie Cheek, Jr./repositories/2/archival_objects/43141992SC-02 Box 13Folder 538Harvard 25th reunion/repositories/2/archival_objects/4315June 10-14, 1956SC-02 Box 13Folder 539Museum entertaining/repositories/2/archival_objects/4316undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 540Clippings and printed material/repositories/2/archival_objects/4317undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 541J. Carter Brown thesis/repositories/2/archival_objects/43181960SC-02 Box 13Folder 542Binder, "Virginia Museum, 1948-1968" I/repositories/2/archival_objects/43191948-1968SC-02 Box 13Folder 543Binder, "Virginia Museum, 1948-1968" II/repositories/2/archival_objects/43201948-1968SC-02 Box 13Folder 544RESTRICTED: Correspondence regarding retirement/VSRS/repositories/2/archival_objects/43211967-1971SC-02 Box 16Folder 545RESTRICTED: Accessions Committee mailings-James Asa Shield, acquisition of Egyptian antiquities from the Metropolitan, objects in museum collection in need of repair/repositories/2/archival_objects/43221957-1958SC-02 Box 16Folder 546RESTRICTED: Notes on conversation with Vincent Bowditch (museum theatre) and his resignation/repositories/2/archival_objects/43231956SC-02 Box 16Folder 547RESTRICTED: Long-term loans/repositories/2/archival_objects/43241969SC-02 Box 16Folder 548RESTRICTED: Legal matters, including bequests, deaccessions/repositories/2/archival_objects/4325undatedSC-02 Box 16Folder 549RESTRICTED: Investments and securities/repositories/2/archival_objects/4326undatedSC-02 Box 16Folder 550"The School for Wives, Exterior," set design by Jack Doepp/repositories/2/archival_objects/35211985SC-02 Hanging Location 2"The School for Wives, Interior," set design by Jack Doepp/repositories/2/archival_objects/35221985SC-02 Hanging Location 2"The Virginia Room for the New York World's Fair '39," drawing by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/3523[1939]SC-02 Flat Files 1"Perspective View of Stair Hall," drawing by Leslie Cheek from "Above it All: The Top Ten Floors of an 85-Story Skyscraper" Graduation Thesis at Yale/repositories/2/archival_objects/35241935SC-02 Flat Files 1"Section Through Stage, Restaurant, Hall, Lounge," drawing by Leslie Cheek from "Above it All: The Top Ten Floors of an 85-Story Skyscraper" Graduation Thesis at Yale/repositories/2/archival_objects/35251935SC-02 Flat Files 1"Roof Level, Plan at Level 'A,' Plan at Level 'B,'" drawing by Leslie Cheek from "Above it All: The Top Ten Floors of an 85-Story Skyscraper" Graduation Thesis at Yale/repositories/2/archival_objects/35261935SC-02 Flat Files 1"Plan at Level 'C,' Plan at Level 'E,' Plan at Level 'F,'" drawing by Leslie Cheek from "Above it All: The Top Ten Floors of an 85-Story Skyscraper" Graduation Thesis at Yale/repositories/2/archival_objects/35271935SC-02 Flat Files 1"Plan at Level 'G,' Plan at Level 'H,' Typical Floor 2nd Elevator Bank," drawing by Leslie Cheek from "Above it All: The Top Ten Floors of an 85-Story Skyscraper" Graduation Thesis at Yale/repositories/2/archival_objects/35281935SC-02 Flat Files 1"At Home: American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1700-1950"/repositories/2/archival_objects/35291991SC-02 Hanging Location 3Exterior drawing of proposed VMFA North wing entrance/repositories/2/archival_objects/3530[1965?]SC-02 Hanging Location 113 bound Artmobile drawings by Hankins and Johann/repositories/2/archival_objects/3531July-Dec. 1961SC-02 Flat Files 2"The Department of Fine Arts," drawing by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/3532[Early 1940s]SC-02 Flat Files 1Clippings, prayers, and program for Leslie Cheek's memorial service/repositories/2/archival_objects/3533Dec. 1992SC-02 Flat Files 2"Mr. Leslie Cheek Jr. has been elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, Alpha Chapter...Harvard University"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3534June 1931SC-02 Flat Files 1"Legend: Cheek's indelible stamp wasn't all by 'accident,'" RTD clipping/repositories/2/archival_objects/3535Sep. 1981SC-02 Flat Files 1"Rear Wall Elevation for 'The Marquise,' UPG, West Falmouth," set design by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/35361930SC-02 Hanging Location 1Photograph of Leslie Cheek, Pamela Brown, and John Carter Brown at the Muscarelle Museum of Art/repositories/2/archival_objects/3537Oct. 1984SC-02 Flat Files 1"Sir Ivor - The Derby Stakes 1968" mounted photograph with inscription about Raymond Guest/repositories/2/archival_objects/35381968SC-02 Flat Files 1Untitled office interior, drawing by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/3539undatedSC-02 Flat Files 1"Suggested Sign for the Junior League's New Senior Center at 909 West Franklin Street," drawing by Leslie Cheek with copy/repositories/2/archival_objects/3540Nov. 1958SC-02 Flat Files 1"Romanticism in America," drawing by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/3541[1940]SC-02 Hanging Location 1"Main Floor Plan, 'Romanticism in America,'" drawing by Leslie Cheek/repositories/2/archival_objects/35421940SC-02 Flat Files 1Photograph of Leslie and Mary Tyler at 4703 Pocahontas/repositories/2/archival_objects/3544undatedSC-02 Flat Files 2Photograph of Leslie in front of museum construction/repositories/2/archival_objects/3545undatedSC-02 Flat Files 2Series 5: Awards and DegreesSC-02-05/repositories/2/archival_objects/29668 folders20 items1931-1993Series Description
This series is comprised of correspondence about and the actual awards and degrees conferred upon Cheek throughout his life.
Chamber of Commerce Award, May 8, 1969-award of distinguished service/repositories/2/archival_objects/3546May 1969SC-02 Box 13Folder 551Thomas Jefferson Award speech, September 16, 1966-letters of compliment and replies, remarks of the Public Relations Society of America, newspaper clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/3547Sep. 1966SC-02 Box 13Folder 552Awards/repositories/2/archival_objects/35481987-1988SC-02 Box 13Folder 553Bravo awards/repositories/2/archival_objects/35491979SC-02 Box 13Folder 554AIA award/repositories/2/archival_objects/3550Oct. 1985SC-02 Box 13Folder 555Cheek-awards/repositories/2/archival_objects/3551undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 556Cheek-degrees/repositories/2/archival_objects/3552undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 557Governor's Awards for the Arts/repositories/2/archival_objects/35531979SC-02 Box 13Folder 558The First Governor's Awards for the Arts/repositories/2/archival_objects/35541969SC-02 Realia 1Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Special Award/repositories/2/archival_objects/3555May 1969SC-02 Flat Files 1Thomas Jefferson Citation for Public Service/repositories/2/archival_objects/3556Sep. 1966SC-02 Flat Files 1The Federated Arts Council of Richmond Annual Award/repositories/2/archival_objects/3557Mar. 1981SC-02 Flat Files 1The Governor's Awards for the Arts/repositories/2/archival_objects/3558Nov. 1979SC-02 Flat Files 1Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, Washington and Lee University/repositories/2/archival_objects/3559June 1983SC-02 Flat Files 1Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, William and Mary College/repositories/2/archival_objects/3560Feb. 1967SC-02 Flat Files 1State resolution granting honorary degree of Patron of the Arts/repositories/2/archival_objects/35611977SC-02 Flat Files 1Senate Joint Resolution No. 202/repositories/2/archival_objects/3562Jan. 1993SC-02 Flat Files 1Bachelor of Arts Degree, Yale University/repositories/2/archival_objects/3563June 1935SC-02 Flat Files 1Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, University of Richmond/repositories/2/archival_objects/3564Oct. 1955SC-02 Flat Files 1Bachelor of Science Degree, Harvard University/repositories/2/archival_objects/3565June 1931SC-02 Flat Files 1Architecture Degree, Yale University/repositories/2/archival_objects/3566June 1935SC-02 Flat Files 1Senate Joint Resolution No. 221/repositories/2/archival_objects/3567Feb. 1989SC-02 Flat Files 1Virginia Society American Institute of Architects Architectural Medal for Virginia Service/repositories/2/archival_objects/3568Sep. 1985SC-02 Flat Files 1Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, Virginia Union University/repositories/2/archival_objects/3569May 1988SC-02 Flat Files 1The Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers George Washington Award/repositories/2/archival_objects/35701981SC-02 Realia 1"To Leslie Cheek Jr. from Board of Trustees of Newport News Public Library in Appreciation"/repositories/2/archival_objects/3571May 1957SC-02 Realia 1Virginia Museum Patron of the Arts Medal/repositories/2/archival_objects/35721977SC-02 Realia 1Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Webster S. Rhoads Medal/repositories/2/archival_objects/3573undatedSC-02 Realia 1Series 6: TravelSC-02-06/repositories/2/archival_objects/296737 folders1952-1980Series Description
This series is comprised of correspondence, itineraries, and programs detailing the Cheeks' personal travels around the world.
List of Trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/35741953-1980SC-02 Box 13Folder 559Mayflower Cruise/repositories/2/archival_objects/35751970SC-02 Box 13Folder 560South Seas Kungsholm Cruise/repositories/2/archival_objects/35761969SC-02 Box 13Folder 561Hydrofoil trip-James River to Brandon/repositories/2/archival_objects/3577June 1965SC-02 Box 13Folder 562Italian journey, February-March, 1956/repositories/2/archival_objects/3578Feb.-Mar. 1956SC-02 Box 13Folder 563Egypt/repositories/2/archival_objects/3579undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 564Brussels trip/repositories/2/archival_objects/3580undatedSC-02 Box 13Folder 565Mediterranean Cruise Gripsholm, March 6-April 26, 1972/repositories/2/archival_objects/3581Mar.-Apr. 1972SC-02 Box 14Folder 566Swedish American Line packet, world trip, January-April, 1973/repositories/2/archival_objects/3582Jan.-Apr. 1973SC-02 Box 14Folder 567London, Switzerland, etc., December 17, 1977-January 7, 1978/repositories/2/archival_objects/3583Dec. 1977-Jan. 1978SC-02 Box 14Folder 568Greek islands, Mediterranean, Adriatic/repositories/2/archival_objects/35841975SC-02 Box 14Folder 569Hudson River trip, July 22-30, 1977/repositories/2/archival_objects/3585July 1977SC-02 Box 14Folder 570Japan, October 17-December 1, 1966/repositories/2/archival_objects/3586Oct.-Dec. 1966SC-02 Box 14Folder 571National Trust trips/repositories/2/archival_objects/3587undatedSC-02 Box 14Folder 572New York cocktail parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/35881952SC-02 Box 14Folder 573South Seas Kungsholm Cruise, January 16-April 19, 1969/repositories/2/archival_objects/3589Jan.-Apr. 1969SC-02 Box 14Folder 574Gripsholm Cruise, June 25-August 11, 1965/repositories/2/archival_objects/3590June-Aug. 1965SC-02 Box 15Folder 575Around South America, S.A.L. Cruise, January 22-March 11, 1971/repositories/2/archival_objects/3591Jan.-Mar. 1971SC-02 Box 15Folder 576Around the World on the Gripsholm, January 23-April 19, 1973/repositories/2/archival_objects/3592Jan.-Apr. 1973SC-02 Box 15Folder 577Nielson, Dorothy S./repositories/2/archival_objects/35931971SC-02 Box 15Folder 578Scotland, Ireland, September 4-24, 1977/repositories/2/archival_objects/3594Sep. 1977SC-02 Box 15Folder 579Germany, Denmark, September 7-29, 1975/repositories/2/archival_objects/3595Sep. 1975SC-02 Box 15Folder 580Kingsholm, June 29, 1977/repositories/2/archival_objects/3596June 1977SC-02 Box 15Folder 581Alaska, July 1, 1973/repositories/2/archival_objects/3597July 1973SC-02 Box 15Folder 582National Trust trip-Venice, Palladion, September 1971/repositories/2/archival_objects/3598Sep. 1971SC-02 Box 15Folder 583London, Pan's theatre tour, December 21, 1969-January 6, 1970/repositories/2/archival_objects/3599Dec. 1969-Jan. 1970SC-02 Box 15Folder 584Gestadt, Switzerland, December 22, 1973-January 2, 1974/repositories/2/archival_objects/3600Dec. 1973-Jan. 1974SC-02 Box 15Folder 585Delta Queen, March 17-24, 1974/repositories/2/archival_objects/3601Mar. 1974SC-02 Box 15Folder 586Mississippi Queen/repositories/2/archival_objects/36021977SC-02 Box 15Folder 587Egyptian Cruise, January 10, 1975/repositories/2/archival_objects/3603Jan. 1975SC-02 Box 15Folder 5881980 China trip/repositories/2/archival_objects/36041980SC-02 Box 15Folder 589New York to New England to Canada, May 13-27, 1980/repositories/2/archival_objects/3605May 1989SC-02 Box 15Folder 590Island world of Britain, May 25-June 11, 1979/repositories/2/archival_objects/3606May-June 1979SC-02 Box 15Folder 591Around the World, January 24-April 8, 1980/repositories/2/archival_objects/3607Jan.-Apr. 1980SC-02 Box 15Folder 592Madeira, February 1980/repositories/2/archival_objects/3608Feb. 1980SC-02 Box 15Folder 593R.E. Lee English trip, May 21-June 6, 1979/repositories/2/archival_objects/3609May-June 1979SC-02 Box 15Folder 594Friends of Winterthur, England tour, June 8-22, 1978/repositories/2/archival_objects/3610June 1978SC-02 Box 15Folder 595