La Vern Frank-Rush papers

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La Vern Frank-Rush papers

1936-2007

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The La Vern Frank-Rush papers regarding the WPA Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa, measure 0.2 linear feet and 0.277 GB and date from 1936 to 2007 with the bulk dated 1936 to 1942. Two scrapbooks compiled by Frank-Rush between 1936 and 1942 contain introductory and concluding statements added by her in 2006. A memoir, circa 2007, documents activities, achievements, staff, and participants of the WPA Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Also included are digital images of the scrapbooks and memoir. Two scrapbooks document the Sioux City Art Center's founding by the WPA in 1938, its activities, and programs. The Center, which still exists today, is one of four WPA art centers in Iowa to survive without interruption. Photographs record exhibits, staff members, students, and work produced at the Art Center and also depict Frank-Rush's personal life. Frank-Rush's memoir and scrapbooks provide insight into how the WPA Art Center impacted her as well as the larger community. In her own words, the collection "reveals the personality of the Sioux City Art Center." A small selection of her artwork, digitized, lends a view into the late 1930s.

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Frank-Rush, La Vern, 1918-2011

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La Vern Frank-Rush (1918-2010) was a librarian, art teacher, and regionalist painter from Sioux City, Iowa. Frank-Rush was the librarian and art teacher at the WPA Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa from 1938-1942. From the description of La Vern Frank-Rush papers regarding the WPA Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa, 1936-2007, bulk 1936-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422877127 ...

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Frank-Rush, La Vern.

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Frank-Rush, La Vern

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La Vern Frank-Rush (b. 1918) worked at the WPA Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from its opening in 1938 until 1941, first as a volunteer and then as an employee. During this time she compiled two scrapbooks about the Art Center. Circa 2007, she wrote a memoir that focused on the Art Center. After finishing junior high school, La Vern Frank-Rush won a contest that enabled her to attend free summer art classes at the Sioux City Public Library. The instructor, Roy Langley, ...