E. Boyd memoirs
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Index of American Design
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The Index of American Design was a part of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, which gathered information on significant artifacts in 35 states in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In Texas the effort was headquartered in San Antonio. Original watercolors of the artifacts were housed at the National Gallery of Art. From the description of Index of American Design Texas artifacts records collection 1937-1956. (University of Texas Libraries). W...
Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974
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Museum curator (Santa Fe, N.M.). From the description of E. Boyd memoirs, 1963 November 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502604 E. Boyd helped to establish the Rio Grande Painters (1933-1936) and the Spanish Colonial Arts Society. She worked as a researcher and artist for the W.P.A (Works Progress Administration) Spanish Colonial Design Portfolio and in 1951 became curator of the Spanish Colonial Art Department of the Museum of New Mexico. From the descriptio...
Federal Art Project
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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...
