Arthur Painter papers of the Federal Art Project

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Arthur Painter papers of the Federal Art Project

1938-1941

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Publicity, correspondence, clippings, photographs, travel receipts, and telegrams relating to the dedication of the Noah's Ark murals by Dorothy Puccinelli and Helen Forbes at Fleishacker Mother's House in San Francisco Zoo; and correspondence, field reports, committee lists, publicity, photographs relating to National Art Week in Northern California.

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Federal Art Project (Calif.)

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The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the prece...

United States information service

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Puccinelli, Dorothy Wagner, 1901-

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Forbes, Helen, 1891-1945.

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Federal Art Project. National Art Week.

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Painter, Arthur.

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Director of Information, Federal Art Project; Northern California. From the description of Arthur Painter papers of the Federal Art Project, 1938-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571375 Art administrator; San Francisco, California. Painter was Director of Information for the Federal Arts Project of San Francisco, California. From the description of Arthur Painter interviews, 1964 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220195722 ...