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Cecil Jones was the business director of the PWAP.

From the description of Correspondence and related records of Cecil Jones, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181044

Rowan was the assistant technical director of the PWAP. He worked closely with Edward Bruce, the director of the PWAP.

From the description of Correspondence and personal files of Edward P. Rowan, 1934-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181019

Federally funded art project of the Treasury Department initiated in order to provide jobs for unemployed artists during the Depression.

Under the PWAP the country was divided into 16 regions each of which had its own director who answered to the national director in Washington, D.C. The PWAP was succeeded by the Section of Painting and Sculpture, which subsequently became the Section of Fine Arts.

From the description of PWAP Region 15 (Calif.) papers, 1934-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502805

Rowan was the assistant technical director of the PWAP. He worked closely with Edward Bruce, the director of the PWAP.

From the description of Correspondence and personal files of Edward B. Rowan, 1934-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476967

The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the New Deal art programs, was established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Later art projects administered under the Department of the Treasury were the Section of Fine Arts, originally the Section of Painting and Sculpture, and the Treasury Relief Art Project, both of which served to employ artists to decorate federal buildings across the United States.

From the description of Public Works of Art Project selected administrative and business records, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220180979

PWAP, the first of the New Deal art programs, was established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Edward Bruce was the director of PWAP and Forbes Watson was the advisor.

From the description of Public Works of Art Project articles and exhibition catalog, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403833

Edward Bruce was a lawyer, businessman, painter, and government administrator. Was director of the PWAP and later of the Section of Fine Arts.

From the description of Central office (Washington, D.C.) files and publicity materials, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181066

Federally funded art programs of the Depression.

Public Works of Art Project fell under the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department and subsequently became the Section of Fine Arts.

From the description of Records of the Public Works of Art Project in Texas, 1933-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571380

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Emmy Lou Packard Papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Records of the Public Works of Art Project in Texas Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wilbur D. Peat papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn New Deal art programs in New Jersey selected records Archives of American Art
referencedIn A survey of art work in the city and county of San Francisco, / by Martin Snipper for the art commission, city and county of San Francisco Archives of American Art
referencedIn Material relating to the Public Works of Art Project and W.P.A. Projects in Pennsylvania, ca.1939-ca.1940. Winterthur Library
referencedIn William Karp photographs Archives of American Art
referencedIn Blanche Lazzell papers 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
creatorOf PWAP and Treasury Section bulletins Archives of American Art
referencedIn Wood, Grant, 1891-1942. Letters, 1933-1941. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Frank Mechau correspondence and mural contracts Archives of American Art
referencedIn School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.). School of American Research collection, 1896-1993 (bulk 1915-1959). New Mexico State Library
creatorOf Public Works of Art Project selected administrative and business records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Edward Beatty Rowan papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Emil J. Bisttram papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Forbes Watson papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf PWAP Region 15 (Calif.) records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Bertha Hellman newspaper clippings Archives of American Art
referencedIn Karal Marling papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Jesse L. Nusbaum Public Works of Art records Archives of American Art
referencedIn [John Davis Hatch and Henry Francis Taylor] [graphic]. Archives of American Art
referencedIn Adelyne Dohme Breeskin papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Contreras, Belisario R., 1916-. Papers on New Deal art, 1860-1976; (bulk 1933-1942). University of New Mexico-Main Campus
referencedIn Morris Blackburn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Francis V. O'Connor papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Public Works of Art Project. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1934. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Kenneth Miller Adams papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Will Shuster papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn James Watrous papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Philadelphia Museum of Art selected records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Section of Fine Arts selected administrative records and correspondence Archives of American Art
referencedIn Syd Fossum papers., 1930-1978. Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Roi Partridge papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Walter Heil papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Whitney Museum of American Art, Juliana Force papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Public Works of Art Project articles and exhibition catalog Archives of American Art
creatorOf John Gaw Meem correspondence Archives of American Art
referencedIn Horace Talmage Day papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Otis Dozier photographs of murals Archives of American Art
referencedIn Karl Gruppe papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lee Woodward Zeigler papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Belisario R. Contreras Papers on New Deal Art, 1860-1976 (bulk 1933-1942) The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf William C. Palmer papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Tabor, Robert Byron, 1882-1972. Papers of Robert B. Tabor, 1933-1972. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Frances Foy and Gustaf Dalstrom papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Federal art program papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry L. Hopkins Archives of American Art
creatorOf Carlisle, John C. The Franklin Post Office mural / by John C. Carlisle. Johnson County Public Library, Franklin Branch
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Alice Graeme Korff Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Jesse L. Nusbaum Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Alonzo Hauser Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Edythe Kidd Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Kathryn Burch Greywacz Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with John Gaw Meem Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Jacob Alexander Elshin Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Harold Lehman Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Thomas Cleveland Parker Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with George Biddle Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Nina Perera Collier Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ina Sizer Cassidy Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Charles Henry Alston Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Howard Thomas and Harold Wescott Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Merle Armitage Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Merrell Gage Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with John Davis Hatch Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Charles Barrows Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Lloyd Goodrich Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with John Davis Hatch Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Wilbur D. Peat Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Ilya Bolotowsky Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Dorr Bothwell Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Adams, Kenneth M. person
associatedWith Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977, person
associatedWith Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975, person
associatedWith Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975. person
associatedWith Barrows, Charles, 1903-1988, person
associatedWith Barrows, Charles, 1903-1988. person
associatedWith Barrows, Charles, 1903-1988. person
associatedWith Biddle, George, 1885- person
associatedWith Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976. person
associatedWith Blackburn, Morris, 1902-1979. person
associatedWith Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907- person
associatedWith Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981, person
associatedWith Bothwell, Dorr, person
associatedWith Bothwell, Dorr. person
associatedWith Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1993. person
associatedWith Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943. person
associatedWith Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943. person
associatedWith Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943. person
associatedWith Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943. person
associatedWith Carlisle, John C. person
associatedWith Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869- person
associatedWith Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869- person
associatedWith Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869- person
associatedWith Collier, Nina Perera, person
associatedWith Collier, Nina Perera. person
associatedWith Contreras, Belisario R., 1916- person
associatedWith Contreras, Belisario R., 1916- person
associatedWith Corcoran Gallery of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Day, Horace Talmage, 1909-1984. person
associatedWith Dozier, Otis, 1904- person
associatedWith Elshin, Jacob Alexander, b. 1892. person
associatedWith Elshin, Jacob Alexander, b. 1892. person
associatedWith Force, Juliana, 1876-1948. person
associatedWith Fossum, Syd, 1909-1978 person
associatedWith Foy, Frances M., 1890-1963. person
associatedWith Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981. person
associatedWith Gage, Merrell, b. 1892, person
associatedWith Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987. person
associatedWith Greywacz, Kathryn Burch, b. 1893 person
associatedWith Greywacz, Kathryn Burch, b. 1893 person
associatedWith Greywacz, Kathryn Burch, b. 1893. person
associatedWith Gruppe, Karl, b. 1893. person
associatedWith Hatch, John Davis person
associatedWith Hatch, John Davis. person
associatedWith Hatch, John Davis. person
associatedWith Hauser, Alonzo, 1909- person
associatedWith Hauser, Alonzo, 1909- person
associatedWith Hauser, Alonzo, 1909-1988, person
associatedWith Heil, Walter, 1890-1973. person
associatedWith Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. person
associatedWith Historical Records Survey (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Jones, Cecil H. person
associatedWith Karp, William, 1905- person
associatedWith Kidd, Edythe person
associatedWith Kidd, Edythe. person
associatedWith Kidd, Edythe. person
associatedWith Korff, Alice Graeme, 1904-1975, person
associatedWith Lazzell, Blanche, 1878-1956. person
associatedWith Lazzell, Blanche, 1878-1956. person
associatedWith Lehman, Harold, 1913- person
associatedWith Marling, Karal Ann. person
associatedWith McChesney, Mary Fuller. person
associatedWith Mechau, Frank, 1904-1946. person
associatedWith Meem, John Gaw, 1894- person
associatedWith Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983. person
associatedWith Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983. person
associatedWith Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan) person
associatedWith Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan) person
associatedWith Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan) person
associatedWith O'Connor, Francis V. person
associatedWith O'Connor, Francis V. person
associatedWith Packard, Emmy Lou person
associatedWith Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914- person
associatedWith Palmer, William C., 1906- person
associatedWith Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967, person
associatedWith Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967. person
associatedWith Partridge, Charlotte Russell 1882-1975. person
associatedWith Partridge, Roi, 1888-1984. person
associatedWith Peat, Wilbur David, 1898- person
associatedWith Peat, Wilbur David, 1898- person
associatedWith Peat, Wilbur David, 1898-1966. person
associatedWith Philadelphia Museum of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Roi Partridge person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946. person
associatedWith Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946. person
associatedWith Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946. person
associatedWith Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946. person
associatedWith School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.) corporateBody
associatedWith Shuster, Will. person
associatedWith Snipper, Martin. person
associatedWith Strong, Ray, 1905- person
associatedWith Tabor, Robert Byron, 1882-1972. person
associatedWith Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971, person
associatedWith Thomas, Howard, 1899-1971. 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. corporateBody
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. corporateBody
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. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Watrous, James, 1908- person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Wood, Grant, 1891-1942. person
associatedWith Zeigler, Lee Woodward, 1868-1952. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Texas
United States
California--San Francisco
Subject
Art, Modern
Art and state
Artists
Federal aid to public welfare
Federal aid to the arts
Federal aid to the public welfare
New Deal, 1933-1939
Painting, American
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