Phyllis Crawford papers relating to the Index of American Design

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Phyllis Crawford papers relating to the Index of American Design

1936-1963

Correspondence, writings, lists and printed material collected by Crawford relating to the Index of American Design and her position there.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6743412

Archives of American Art

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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...

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. ...

Crawford, Phyllis

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Art administrator and director, Index of American Design; Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of Oral history interview with Phyllis Crawford, 1964 Aug. 27 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025460 From the description of Phyllis Crawford interview, 1964 Aug. 27 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80584353 Senior Project Supervisor at the Index of American Design in New York, 1936-1949. The Index was a researc...

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...