[RE: "Getty Center for Education in the Arts Grant of $635,000 to the University of North Texas"]

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Photocopy of a letter from Bruce M. Burton, Office of Advancements to his colleague, James "Jim" J. Muro. In discussion of the five-year grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts and that their grant outline specifically requires an annual match from the University of North Texas. UNT must come up with $397,000 in cash and $133,000 in gifts over the five-year grant period. Burton writes that the Getty Foundation is more than willing to help UNT raise the matching funds, as they are interested in seeing this project be successful. Burton expresses that Muro and Jack Davis … continued below

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2 p. : 28 cm.

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Burton, Bruce M. May 15, 1989.

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Photocopy of a letter from Bruce M. Burton, Office of Advancements to his colleague, James "Jim" J. Muro. In discussion of the five-year grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts and that their grant outline specifically requires an annual match from the University of North Texas. UNT must come up with $397,000 in cash and $133,000 in gifts over the five-year grant period. Burton writes that the Getty Foundation is more than willing to help UNT raise the matching funds, as they are interested in seeing this project be successful. Burton expresses that Muro and Jack Davis hold a meeting with Bob Crow, of the Amon Carter to discuss Carter's participation in the project and hopefully become a contributor.

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2 p. : 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: D. Jack Davis Art Education Collection, 1882-2013 (AR0437), University of North Texas Special Collections

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D. Jack Davis Art Education Collection

Correspondence, newsletters, and grant reports related to art education and the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA), headquartered at the UNT. Materials were scanned by the donor, D. Jack Davis, and provided in a digital format to UNT Special Collections. Additional materials in an analog format can be viewed in the UNT Special Collections Reading Room.

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  • May 15, 1989

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Burton, Bruce M. [RE: "Getty Center for Education in the Arts Grant of $635,000 to the University of North Texas"], letter, May 15, 1989; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1051806/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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