Correspondence with Charles Sawyer

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Correspondence with Charles Sawyer

1935-1937

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Correspondence between Francis Henry Taylor, director of the Worcester Art Museum, and Charles Sawyer, curator of the Addison Gallery of American Art regarding the WPA Federal Art Projects in New England. Included are: a letter from Sawyer to Taylor, Sept. 11, 1935, regarding "the Government art projects. ... I am anxious to keep these projects from getting into the wrong hands, but I am not, on the other hand, anxious to get involved in the political complications of the 'New Deal.' In another exchange, Taylor thanks Sawyer for sending him a copy of his letter, July 8, 1937, to Richard Morrison, Ass't to Holger Cahill, in which Sawyer compares the FAP to the PWAP, comments on the organization of the FAP,

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Director, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1956-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958497 Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, professor of art and art history. From the description of Charles Henry Sawyer papers, 1936-1996. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79296005 From the description of Charles Henry Sawyer papers, 1930-1996. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778403 ...