Marian Field Collection 1936-1982 1936-1941

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Marian Field Collection 1936-1982 1936-1941

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The Marian Field Collection consists primarily of botanical drawings by Field for a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.

2.75 cubic feet; approx. 200 drawings

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Oregon State University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6369651

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Sipe, Frank Perry.

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Field, Marian.

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Marian Rorapaugh was born in the Dakota territory on November 7, 1885. After attending the Cincinnati Art Institute, she married William B. Field. Marian Field was the head of the University of North Dakota Art Dept. from 1905 to 1909, and attended the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts in 1909. After the Fields moved to Eugene, Oregon, in 1910, she set up a china painting business. She attended the University of Oregon, earning a B.A. in fine arts in 1930, and did graduate work from 1...