Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects records

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Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects records

1941

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The Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects records are dated 1941 and comprise 0.4 linear feet. The records contain correspondence between Committee member and co-founder, Aline Davis Hays, and various organizations, artists, and museum professionals concerning support for the Committee in its efforts to preserve the continuation of the government arts projects under the WPA. The records also include writings about the importance of the WPA as well as a synopsis of the WPA from 1940 to 1941.

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Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects.

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Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects (1941) is an arts advocacy organization in New York, N.Y. Founded by Aline Davis Hays, The Hon. Stanley M. Issacs, and Samuel L. M. Barlow to assemble public support for the preservation of Federal Art Projects (WPA) and a permanent extension of government support for the arts, including painting and sculpture, music, drama, dance, letters, graphic arts and photography. From the description of Citizens' Committ...

Hays, Aline Davis,

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

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...

Hays, Aline Davis

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Hays, Alline Davis

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Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects.

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The Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects, founded in 1941 by Aline Davis Hays, The Hon. Stanley M. Isaacs, and Samuel L. M. Barlow in New York City, sought to assemble public support for the preservation of Federal Art Projects (WPA) and a permanent extension of government support for painting and sculpture, music, drama, dance, letters, graphic arts and photography. From the guide to the Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects records, 1941, (Archives of America...