Buckley Mac-Gurrin papers

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Buckley Mac-Gurrin papers

1927-1962

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REELS LA2, LA4 and LA7: Scrapbook, 1927-1962, containing mostly newspaper clippings, articles, catalogs and announcements of Mac-Gurrins exhibitions, miscellaneous papers, mostly relating to the Federal Art Project in California, 1937-1938, including government forms, studies for murals, letters about Mac-Gurrin's work, photographs. Also included are the script of the dedication of the Los Angeles Hall of Records murals, May 20, 1939, a paper on the Old Butterfield Stage Trail, experiments on painted petrachrome slabs, experiments on sgraffito technique, memoranda, time sheets, and notes.

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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...

Mac-Gurrin, Buckley, 1896-1971

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Mural painter; Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Buckley Mac-Gurrin, 1964 June 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83534260 From the description of Oral history interview with Buckley Mac-Gurrin, 1964 June 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394275 Mural painter; Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 1896; d. 1971. From the description of Buckley Mac-Gurrin papers, 1927-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122...