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Richard Hood papers

1930-1983

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Material primarily relating to Hood's work on the Federal Art Project, the Philadelphia College of Art, and the American Color Print Society. Hood's earlier work as a printmaker is not well represented. Included are correspondence, notes, writings, sketches, scrapbooks, printed material and photographs.

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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...

American Color Print Society.

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Hood, Richard, 1910-

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Administrator, designer, printmaker; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Oral history interview with Richard Hood, 1964 Dec. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522779 From the description of Oral history interview with Richard Hood, 1964 Dec. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220194313 Arts administrator, art instructor, printmaker; Philadelphia, Pa. Full name Thomas Richard Hood. District Supervisor, 1936-1938, F...

Philadelphia College of Art

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Federal Art Project (Pa.)

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