Oral history interview with Sylvester Jerry

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Oral history interview with Sylvester Jerry

1965 June 11

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An interview of Sylvester Jerry conducted 1965 June 11, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art. Jerry speaks of his first association with the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP), working as an FAP administrator in Detroit; working at finding locations for the artworks; the FAP's role in the development of furniture design; working with Holger Cahill; the Index of American Design; the relationship of art and architecture; administering the project; selecting artists for particular projects; and the project's effect on the community.

Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.Transcript: 11 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559450

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Jerry, Sylvester, 1904-

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Painter, art administrator; Racine, Wis. Born 1904. From the description of Sylvester Jerry interview, 1965 June 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220194468 From the description of Oral history interview with Sylvester Jerry, 1965 June 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007085 ...

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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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...

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-

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Jerry, Sylvester, 1904-1990,

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Sylvester Jerry (1904-1990) was a painter and art administrator from Racine, Wis. From the description of Oral history interview with Sylvester Jerry, 1965 June 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411882 ...

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. ...

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...