[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 842 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 842

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that The MacDowell 
  Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, should be recognized for its 
contribution to the arts around the world, and the cultural heritage of 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2009

  Mr. Hodes (for himself and Ms. Shea-Porter) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that The MacDowell 
  Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, should be recognized for its 
contribution to the arts around the world, and the cultural heritage of 
                           the United States.

Whereas for over 100 years, The MacDowell Colony has offered creative 
        individuals an inspiring environment in which to produce enduring works 
        of the imagination;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony was founded in 1907 by Edward MacDowell, a composer 
        and founder of the music department at Columbia University, and Marian 
        MacDowell, a pianist and member of the music fraternities Sigma Alpha 
        Iota, Delta Omicron, Phi Beta, and Alpha Chi Omega;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony is located on 450 acres and has been a National 
        Historic Landmark since 1963;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony archives reside at the Library of Congress and the 
        story of how it became the first program of its kind in the Nation is 
        told through an online exhibition;
Whereas in 1997, The MacDowell Colony was awarded the National Medal of Arts by 
        President William Jefferson Clinton;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony has helped artists thrive in a collaborative 
        environment;
Whereas over 6,000 artists have worked there, including Milton Avery, James 
        Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein, Willa Cather, Aaron Copland, Mary Higgins 
        Clark, Jonathan Franzen, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Oscar Hijuelos, Galway 
        Kinnell, Suzan-Lori Parks, Alice Walker, Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton 
        Wilder, and many other talented artists;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony was where playwright Thornton Wilder wrote the 
        great American classic ``Our Town'';
Whereas the Edward MacDowell Medal is a national award presented each summer at 
        The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough to a creative artist in the United 
        States whose body of work has made an outstanding contribution to the 
        national culture;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony has given back to New Hampshire through such public 
        programming as ``MacDowell Downtown'', which features monthly 
        performances in downtown Peterborough, and ``MacDowell in the Schools'', 
        which offers arts education to local classrooms;
Whereas The MacDowell Colony holds an annual National Benefit to celebrate and 
        honor those who have contributed to the arts;
Whereas Fellows of The MacDowell Colony have been recognized for their 
        prestigious work with Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur ``Genius'' awards, 
        EMMYs, Oscars, and Sundance awards, GRAMMY Awards, Tonys, and Obie 
        awards, and have been named as U.S. Poets Laureates; and
Whereas The MacDowell Colony is an important artistic community that has been 
        essential to the cultural heritage of the United States: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, should be 
recognized for its contribution to the arts around the world, and the 
cultural heritage of the United States.
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