The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Official records containing project proposals; applications; final reports; and correspondence concerning the Pan-American Union.
Citation:
Federal Music Project records, 1934-1943. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel NDA 27 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the lender, Theodore A. Seder, after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Federally funded music project of the Works Progress Administration. The Pan American Union worked with the Federal Music Project and developed projects like the music-copying project. The Philadelphia unit of the copying project reproduced scores of Latin-American compositions which were deposited in the Edwin A. Fleischer collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The lender, Theodore A. Seder, is the curator of the Edwin A. Fleisher Music Collection where many of the reproduced manuscripts are housed.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
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