Papers, 1939-1948.

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Papers, 1939-1948.

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The collection consists of photographs and ephemera relating to Engard, Vanessa Helder and other WPA/Spokane Art Center artists. The photographe have been transferred to regular photo collection. Collection includes 13 exhibit catalogs from 1939-1948.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7492787

Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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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...

Kragelund, Carl.

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Carl Kragelund was a commercial artist in Spokane whose baseball, "Indian Heads", and ice hockey, "Flyer Faces", cartoons graced the pages of the "Spokesman-Review." From the description of Papers, 1910-1990. (Eastern Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 43027312 ...

Davis, John William, 1917-

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Davis was manager of the Orleans Theatre and the New Orleans Grand Opera Company's French Opera House. From the description of John Davis will, 1839. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70271337 At the close of the Revolutionary War, John Davis was a physician who lived in Eastham. In 1800 he moved to Barnstable where he was appointed a probate judge in the Barnstable District Court. John Davis was married to Mercy and had approximately seven surviving children...

Helder, Vanessa.

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Engard, Robert O.

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Robert Engard was an artist associated with the Spokane Art Center/WPA artists program. From the description of Papers, 1939-1948. (Eastern Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 43027377 ...

Spokane Art Center

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Art school and gallery; Spokane, Wash. Created in 1937 under State of Washington Federal Art Project, the Art Center offered free classes to the community, and displayed travelling WPA exhibits. It closed in 1942 as a result of lack of support due to wartime economies. From the description of Spokane Art Center records, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502532 Spokane Art Center is an art institute in Spokane, Wash. From the description of Oral history...