Records. undated and 1933-1935.

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Records. undated and 1933-1935.

Correspondence, photographs, bulletins, reports, memoranda, and other materials documenting the activities of a Depression-era government employment program for artists.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6648254

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Dooley, Russell J.

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Plimpton, Russell Arthur, 1891-1975

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United States. Federal Civil Works Administration

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The Civil Works Administration was established by EO 6420-B, November 9, 1933, under authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200), June 16, 1933, to provide relief work for unemployed persons through public work projects. Functioned simultaneously, and to some extent with the same personnel, with Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Liquidated March 1934, and functions and records transferred to the Emergency Relief Program of FERA. From the description...

Collier, Polly Rose.

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Kinney, Homer R.

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State Emergency Relief Administration (Minnesota).

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Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960

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Forbes Watson (1879-1960) worked primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C. as an art critic, writer, lecturer, and consultant to the U. S. Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project and Section of Painting and Sculpture (Section of Fine Arts). Forbes Watson was born on November 27, 1879 in Boston, the son of stockbroker John Watson and his wife Mary. Watson grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, attending the Phillips Academy in Andover, and graduating from Ha...

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943

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Painter, lawyer, businessman, and art director; Washington, D.C. b. 1879, Dover Plains, N.Y.; d. 1943, Washington, D.C. Practiced law in N.Y. and Manila, Philippines; president of Pacific Development Corporation of California; lived and painted in Anticoli Carrado, Italy; director of the Treasury Dept.'s Section of Fine Arts. From the description of Edward Bruce papers, 1902-1960 (bulk 1932-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80468367 ...

Daniels, John Karl, 1875- .

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Brewster, Walter Stanton.

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Mayo, William James, 1861-1939

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Graduate of University of Michigan Medical School. From the description of William James Mayo papers, 1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418409 ...

Public Works of Art Project (Minnesota).

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During the Great Depression the United States government sponsored several projects promoting the production of works of art. Among them was the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), begun in December, 1933, and funded by the U.S. Civil Works Administration. The PWAP was not a relief program, but rather a means to provide jobs for unemployed artists. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the PWAP's main objective was to document the contemporary "American scene" in paintings, murals, and...

Wedin, Elof.

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Robinson, Increase.

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