Treasury Relief Art Project.
Variant namesThe 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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| 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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