Treasury Relief Art Project.

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The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with special funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration) to decorate those federal buildings not funded by the Section of Fine Arts and as a relief agency for unemployed, but highly competent artists. The Chief of TRAP was Olin Dows, Forbes Watson was Director, and Cecil H. Jones Assistant Chief, later replacing Dows.

From the description of Treasury Relief Art Project selected administrative and business records, 1935-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220180991

The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). It operated as a relief agency for unemployed artists and engaged them specifically for the decoration of federal buildings, choosing artists through a system of juried competition.

From the description of Treasury Department Art Projects : painting and sculpture for federal buildings, November seventeen to December thirteen, nineteen hundred thirty-six, Corcoran Gallery of Art / introduction by Forbes Watson, 1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122556998

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Section of Fine Arts selected administrative records and correspondence Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lloyd Lózes Goff Papers, 1905-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Holger Cahill papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Olin Dows letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn James Milford Zornes papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Francis V. O'Connor papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kenneth Miller Adams papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Treasury Relief Art Project selected administrative and business records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Olin Dows letters Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wilbur D. Peat papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Karal Marling papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Albert Kotin papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Federal art program papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry L. Hopkins Archives of American Art
referencedIn Emil J. Bisttram papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Otis Dozier photographs of murals Archives of American Art
creatorOf Treasury Department Art Projects : painting and sculpture for federal buildings, November seventeen to December thirteen, nineteen hundred thirty-six, Corcoran Gallery of Art / introduction by Forbes Watson Archives of American Art
creatorOf William C. Palmer papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Edward Bruce papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Boris Gilbertson Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Boris Gilbertson Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Paul Sample Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Kenneth M. Adams Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Edward Chavez Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Margaret T. Bruce Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Adams, Kenneth M. person
associatedWith Adams, Kenneth M. person
associatedWith Adams, Kenneth M. person
associatedWith Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976. person
associatedWith Bruce, Margaret T., person
associatedWith Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960. person
associatedWith Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995, person
associatedWith Corcoran Gallery of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Dows, Olin person
associatedWith Dows, Olin, 1904-1981. person
associatedWith Dows, Olin, 1904-1981. person
associatedWith Dows, Olin, 1904-1981. person
associatedWith Dows, Olin, 1904-1981. person
associatedWith Dozier, Otis, 1904- person
associatedWith Gilbertson, Boris, 1907-1982, person
associatedWith Gilbertson, Boris, 1907-1982. person
associatedWith Goff, Lloyd Lózes, 1917-1983 person
associatedWith Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970, person
associatedWith Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970, person
associatedWith Jones, Cecil H. person
associatedWith Kotin, Albert, 1907-1980. person
associatedWith Marling, Karal Ann. person
associatedWith O'Connor, Francis V. person
associatedWith O'Connor, Francis V. person
associatedWith Palmer, William C., 1906- person
associatedWith Peat, Wilbur David, 1898- person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Sample, Paul, 1896-1974 person
associatedWith Sample, Paul, 1896-1974. person
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Works Progress Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Zornes, James Milford, 1908-2008. person
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United States
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Sculpture, American
Art and state
Federal aid to public welfare
Federal aid to the arts
New Deal, 1933-1939
Painting, American
Painting, Modern
Public sculpture
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