Index of American Design

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The Index of American Design was a part of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, which gathered information on significant artifacts in 35 states in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

In Texas the effort was headquartered in San Antonio. Original watercolors of the artifacts were housed at the National Gallery of Art.

From the description of Index of American Design Texas artifacts records collection 1937-1956. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38451434

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Wisconsin Federal Art Project records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lou Block papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lincoln Rothschild papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition Archives of American Art
referencedIn Partridge, Charlotte Russell 1882-1975. Charlotte Russell Partridge and Miriam Frink visual materials, 1864-ca. 1967. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
referencedIn Selected Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration records from the United States National Archives (microfilm) Archives of American Art
referencedIn Biesel family papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Emanuel Benson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Phyllis Crawford papers relating to the Index of American Design Archives of American Art
referencedIn Grace Thomas drawings Archives of American Art
referencedIn Benson,Elizabeth P.,. Oral history interview with Elizabeth Benson, 1991 February 19. National Gallery of Art Library
referencedIn Lynda Roscoe Hartigan research material on Perkins Harnly Archives of American Art
referencedIn Federal Art Project (Wis.). Records, 1931-1954. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Index of American Design. Artifacts watercolor photographs,f1936-1939. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Index of American Design. Index of American Design Texas artifacts records collection 1937-1956. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn E. Boyd memoirs Archives of American Art
referencedIn Steele, Lina,. Oral history interview with Lina Steele 1996 November 20. National Gallery of Art Library
referencedIn Dorothy Hay Jensen papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Nina Perera Collier papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Suzanne E. Chapman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Federal Art Project. Works Progress Administration : Federal Art Project photographs, ca. 1930-ca. 1940. Aurora University, Phillips Library
referencedIn Holger Cahill papers Archives of American Art
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ruth Pershing Uhler Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Gordon M. Smith Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joseph Hirsch Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Louie H. Ewing Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Alfred Victor Frankenstein Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral History interview with Adele Brandeis Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Sylvester Jerry Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Richard Hood Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Wellington Groves Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Adolph Glassgold Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with William L. Warren Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with William Abbenseth Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ben Cunningham Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with E. Boyd Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Nina Perera Collier Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Jerry Bywaters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with R. H.(Bob) Hall Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Edward L. Loper Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Phyllis Crawford Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview Thaddeus Clapp Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Mildred Baker Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Janet Rosenwald Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Alfred Victor Frankenstein Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joy Yeck Fincke Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Joseph Hirsch Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Kathryn Burch Greywacz Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Roland F. Dickey Archives of American Art
Relation Name
associatedWith Abbenseth, William, 1898-1972. person
associatedWith Baker, Mildred, 1905- person
associatedWith Benson,Elizabeth P., person
associatedWith Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971. person
associatedWith Biesel family. family
associatedWith Block, Lou, 1895-1969. person
associatedWith Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974, person
associatedWith Brandeis, Adele, 1885-1975, person
associatedWith Bywaters, Jerry, person
associatedWith Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960. person
associatedWith Chapman, Suzanne E. person
associatedWith Clapp, Thaddeus. person
associatedWith Collier, Nina Perera. person
associatedWith Crawford, Phyllis. person
associatedWith Cunningham, Ben, 1904-1975, person
associatedWith Dickey, Roland F. person
associatedWith Ewing, Louie H., 1908-1983, person
associatedWith Federal Art Project (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Federal Art Project (Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Federal Art Project (Wis.) corporateBody
associatedWith Fincke, Joy Yeck. person
associatedWith Fogg Art Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Frankenstein, Alfred Victor, 1906- person
associatedWith Glassgold, Adolph, 1899- person
associatedWith Greywacz, Kathryn Burch, b. 1893 person
associatedWith Groves, Wellington. person
associatedWith Hall, R. H. (Robert H.) person
associatedWith Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe. person
associatedWith Hirsch, Joseph, 1910-1981. person
associatedWith Hood, Richard, 1910- person
associatedWith Jensen, Dorothy Hay, 1910- person
associatedWith Jerry, Sylvester, 1904- person
associatedWith Jerry, Sylvester, 1904-1990, person
associatedWith King, Gillis. person
associatedWith Loper, Edward L., 1916- person
associatedWith Partridge, Charlotte Russell 1882-1975. person
associatedWith Rosenwald, Janet. person
associatedWith Rothschild, Lincoln, 1902- person
associatedWith Smith, Gordon M., 1906-1979. person
associatedWith Steele, Lina, person
associatedWith Thomas, Grace, b. 1884. person
associatedWith Uhler, Ruth Pershing, 1898-1969. person
associatedWith United States. Works Progress Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Warren, William Lamson. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Wisconsin
Texas
Subject
Antiques
Decoration and ornament
Decorative art
Folk art
Furniture
Watercolor painting
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Active 1937

Active 1956

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