Audrey McMahon papers

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Audrey McMahon papers

1935-1980

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The scattered papers of Audrey McMahon measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1935 through 1980. Found are correspondence, writings, notes and research files, and printed material assembled mainly during the late 1960s while assisting Francis V. O'Connor complete <emph render="italic">Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now </emph>(1969) and <emph render="italic">The New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs</emph> (1970) and, to a lesser degree, miscellaneous files relating to McMahon's activities as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey . Included are photocopies of original correspondence (1935-41) between McMahon and Holger Cahill and Brehon Somervell, held by the National Archives.

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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...

Federal Art Project (N.Y.)

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O'Connor, Francis V.

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Francis O'Connor (1937- ) is an art historian in New York, N.Y. O'Connor wrote extensively on the New Deal art programs of the Depression and the Roosevelt Administration. In addition to "Art for the Millions" and "Federal Support for the Visual Arts: the New Deal and Now," he also wrote, "The New Deal Art Projects: an Anthology of Memoirs" based on extensive interviews and research of New Deal artists and the genesis and continuity of government sponsored art programs. ...

Federal Art Project (N.J.)

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Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960

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Writer, art director. From the description of Reminiscences of Holger Cahill : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729309 Art administrator; New York, N.Y. National director of Federal Art Project, administered under Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). The FAP provided work to unemployed artists. Cahill was the director throughout its existence. ...

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981

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Audrey McMahon served under Holger Cahill as Regional Director for the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey from 1935 to 1939. She died at age 87 in 1981. From the description of Audrey McMahon papers, 1935-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81040901 From the guide to the Audrey McMahon papers, 1935-1980, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution) McMahon served under Holger Cahill as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New...

Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955

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Brehon B. Somervell was a U.S. Army officer, who served as director of construction division for the Quartermaster Department from 1940-1941, and G-4 of the War Department General Staff from 1941-1942. He retired from the military in 1946 and died in 1955. From the description of Brehon Burke Somervell photograph collection. 1910-1975. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48072741 Brehon Burke Somervell (b. May 9, 1892, Little Rock, Ak.-d. Feb. 13, 1955), Gener...