Scope and Contents This accession contains correspondence, inventories, articles, newspaper clippings, notes, booklets, and publicity documents. These items detail the acquisition of 36 paintings from the State Department by the Art Department at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API, now Auburn University) under the leadership of department head Frank Applebee. These paintings were originally part of a large group of 117 paintings purchased by the State Department’s Office of International Information and...