The Arts
"As Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, I am, of course, concerned with a broad range of subjects of importance to large segments of our population. One of those is Federal Support of the arts and humanities in general, and of museums in particular." Harrison A. Williams, Jr. Remarks before American Association of Museums, 2 April 1974.
Senator Williams was a member of the Special Subcommittee on the Arts, which served under the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. This subcommittee was charged with considering the formation of an organization to assist with the growth and development of the arts in the United States. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) were signed into law in September 1965. Williams later assisted New Jersey associations seeking funding from the NEA and NEH.
Senate Calendar No. 761, Report No. 780 "Establishing a National Council on the Arts and the National Arts Foundation," 16 December 1963
This report provides details of the work of the Special Subcommittee on the Arts.
Brochure, Second Street Youth Center, Plainfield, Right Side Up (A Performing Arts Troupe), 1960s.
Senator Williams worked to help find funding for the Second Street Youth Center, which had several arts programs, including the Plainfield, Right Side-Up performing arts troupe.
Nancy Hanks to Harrison Williams, 8 February 1973.
Hanks's letter was in response to one Senator Williams had written to support an NEA application, which sought a grant to fund a project to delineate land for parks and recreation in Camden County.
Press Release from the City of Cape May, July 1973.
The office of the Mayor of Cape May acknowledges Senator Williams's support for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to document the Victorian structures of Cape May.
Brochure, Cinéma Liberté, ca. 1973.
Cinéma Liberté, a publication and visual media organization based in Trenton had the support of Senator Williams in its request for funding from the National Endowment of the Arts.