Helen Faye papers relating to Harold Faye

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Helen Faye papers relating to Harold Faye

1985-1993

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Biographical information, correspondence, and a card catalog of works regarding the career of Faye as an artist during the Works Progress Administration in New York. Correspondence regards Faye's work in public collections, including the Hudson River Museum, the New York Public Library, and the Museum of the City of New York, among others. The card catalog, compiled by Helen Faye, consists of descriptions and reproductions of 36 prints and 114 drawings by Faye, including the date and other miscellaneous information, notes on the location, sale prices and exhibition history.

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Faye, Harold.

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United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)

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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a Federal program created in 1935 to provide employment for Americans left jobless by the Depression. At the time it was discontinued in 1943, the WPA was employing 8 million people. In addition to building roads and bridges, WPA employees conducted numerous projects devoted to the humanities. One such project was a survey of records of historical interest in local government offices throughout the U.S. The records in this collection are the result of ...

Museum Of The City Of New York.

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Hudson river museum

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Art museum; Yonkers, New York. Founded 1924. From the description of Hudson River Museum records, 1915-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515461 ...

New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...

Faye, Helen

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Widow of painter, printmaker, Harold Faye, New York, N.Y. b. 1910. d. 1980. From the description of Helen Faye papers regarding Harold Faye, 1985-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220234421 ...