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Creator:

Engel, Michael M., 1896-1969  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Wayman  Search this

Ballin, Hugo  Search this

Diller, Mary Black  Search this

M. Grumbacher Inc  Search this

Audubon Artists  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Michael M. Engel papers, 1937-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Autographs -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Autographs -- Collections  Search this

Camouflage (Military science)  Search this

palettes  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- United States  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7013

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209146

AAA_collcode_engemich

Theme:

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209146

Creator:

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

Subject:

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Rourke, Constance  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

Federal Music Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Writers' Project (U.S.)  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

United States -- Social conditions -- 1935-1945

Citation:

Selected Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration records from the United States National Archives (microfilm), 1935-1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to public welfare  Search this

Art and state -- United States  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9777

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212199

AAA_collcode_fedeartp09

Theme:

New Deal

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212199

Creator:

Hough, Halley Brewster Savery  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- Washington (State)

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Washington (State)

Citation:

Correspondence and printed material relating to National Art Week, 1940-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Washington (State)  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- Washington (State)  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- Washington (State)  Search this

Art and state -- Washington (State)  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9833

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212307

AAA_collcode_houghall

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212307

Creator:

Painter, Arthur  Search this

Subject:

Puccinelli, Dorothy Wagner  Search this

Forbes, Helen  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

United States Information Service  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

Citation:

Arthur Painter papers of the Federal Art Project, 1938-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9842

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212330

AAA_collcode_painarth

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212330

Creator:

Engel, Michael M., 1896-1969  Search this

Names:

Audubon Artists  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

M. Grumbacher Inc  Search this

Adams, Wayman, 1883-1959  Search this

Ballin, Hugo, 1879-1956  Search this

Diller, Mary Black, 1899-  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

1937-1969

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellany.

ADDITION: Biographical material; writings, including notes, drafts, and finished copy for Engel's columns, "Do You Know That?" and "The Bright Palette," manuscripts of articles about collecting autographs, and "Miscellaneous Art Notes-- Michael M. Engel" (1 vol.); art research files; letters from Engel's collection of artists' autographs, many of which are illustrated; and artists' files, containing mainly clippings, exhibition announcements, photographs, and a small amount of correspondence, except for the Hugo Ballin file, which contains a large number of letters with illustrated envelopes.

Also, printed matter, including M. Grumbacher & Co. publicity, promotions, and biographical information on artists featured in their advertisements, articles about Engel and his palette collection, annual exhibition catalogs and other printed matter of Audubon Artists and other art organizations and galleries; photographs and slides of Engel, artists who represented M. Grumbacher & Co., palettes, paintings produced in Grumbacher demonstrations and other works of art, and one album of photographs of paintings by various artists with notes on palettes; files on camouflage, containing printed matter, notes, and photographs; and scrapbooks, including 3 on National Art Week, a WPA-Federal Art Project event, compiled by his wife, Mary Black Diller, an artist active in promoting it, and 3 compiled by Engel containing publicity material on Artists for Victory "Four Freedoms," Florida International Art Exhibition at Grand Central Galleries, and "Wayman Adams Film Painting a Portrait."

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, collector, lecturer, writer; New York, N.Y. Engel worked as public relations director for M. Grumbacher & Co., an artists' supplies firm. He contributed to Art Digest and other magazines, and founded Audubon Artists in 1940.

Provenance:

Donated 1975 by Mary Black Diller, widow of Michael M. Engel, and in 1994-1995, by their son, Michael M. Engel.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Artists -- United States  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Autographs -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Autographs -- Collections  Search this

Camouflage (Military science)  Search this

palettes  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.engemich

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9136f2381-0308-48b9-9e45-1eada85a5df3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-engemich

Creator:

Painter, Arthur  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

United States Information Service  Search this

Forbes, Helen, 1891-1945  Search this

Puccinelli, Dorothy Wagner, 1901-  Search this

Extent:

40 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

Date:

1938-1941

Scope and Contents:

Publicity, correspondence, clippings, photographs, travel receipts, and telegrams relating to the dedication of the Noah's Ark murals by Dorothy Puccinelli and Helen Forbes at Fleishacker Mother's House in San Francisco Zoo; and correspondence, field reports, committee lists, publicity, photographs relating to National Art Week in Northern California.

Biographical / Historical:

Director of Information, Federal Art Project; Northern California.

Provenance:

The materials microfilmed are from the files of Arthur Painter, but were loaned to AAA through Lewis Ferbrache who was a collector for AAA's "New Deal and the Arts" project.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Arts administrators  Search this

Public officers  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.painarth

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw965057b8b-25a9-4a05-974c-17484dcb88d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-painarth

Creator:

Hough, Halley Brewster Savery  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

Extent:

270 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- Washington (State)

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Washington (State)

Date:

1940-1941

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, press releases, and miscellaneous publications, chiefly relating to Savery's work as chairman of Art Week and related activities with the National Council for Art Week in Washington state.

Biographical / Historical:

Savery was chairperson of National Art Week for the state of Washington, Seattle, Washington. National Art Week was an attempt by the Federal Art Project to cultivate a greater cultural and consumer awareness of the arts across America. It lasted only 2 years, 1940 and 1941.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming by, Richard Berner, 1964. Berner is affiliated with the University of Washington in Seattle.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Arts administrators  Search this

Public officers  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Washington (State)  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- Washington (State)  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- Washington (State)  Search this

Art and state -- Washington (State)  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.houghall

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98e447a36-36c4-4b4d-8d9c-b5a9caeed097

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-houghall

Creator:

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project. National Art Week  Search this

Federal Music Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Writers' Project (U.S.)  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Rourke, Constance, 1885-1941  Search this

Extent:

70 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

United States -- Social conditions -- 1935-1945

Date:

1935-1948

Scope and Contents:

Selected records from the United States National Archives and Records Administration of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Work Projects Administration. Records cover a broad range of topics. The bulk are from the Central Files, "States" and "General Subject" series, 1935-1944. Also microfilmed are materials from series Federal Art Project, Federal Project #1, WPA, among them records related to the Index of American Design; and records of the Chicago Field Finance office relating to allocations of works of art.

General Subject Files is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, receipts, reports, and business files. Found on reels DC44-DC49 are correspondence and memoranda of the the FAP; materials relating to Art for the Millions published during the WPA; receipts for loans of works of art.and other correspondence, memoranda, business records, reports, and lists of artists. Found on reels. DC45, and DC49-DC50 are materials relating to the two National Art Weeks of 1940 and 1941; regional correspondence, 1939; reports, 1939; and papers relating to exhibitions held for WPA artists.

Central Files, "States", on reels DC62-DC111, is comprised of general correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, and records of FAP activities at the state level. Much of the material is between state administrators and national directors. There are occasional occurrences of letters from individual citizens seeking assistance. Topics covered include FAP, Federal Writers' Project, Federal Theater Project, Federal Music Project, Index of American Design, and other projects under Federal Project # 1 of the WPA. New York City has its own separate file.

Federal Art Project, Federal Art Project #1, series appears on reels DC51-DC61 are broken down into "General Correspondence File", reels DC51-DC59, consisting of ca. 80 files with a variety of titles, for example Artist's oil paints, Congressional correspondence, Index of American Design (mostly reel DC53), Museum of Modern Art, News releases, Salary increases, etc.; and "Regional Correspondence Files," reels DC60-DC61, for Ohio, Washington state, and California; publicity and exhibition material; and "Regional and State Correspondence Files," Alabama to Michigan. Among the persons represented are Holger Cahill, Lawrence Morris, Thomas C. Parker, Russell C. Parr, and Constance Rourke.

Chicago Field Finance office records relating to allocations of works of art are found on reels DC129-DC130 and include requests for allocations of funds, requests for loans, receipts for allocations of works of art, shipping receipts, miscellaneous forms and correspondence.

Arrangement:

Microfilm reels DC44-50: General Subject Files. Reels DC51-61: Federal Art Project, Federal Project #1, WPA. Reels DC62-DC111: Central Files: "States" (reel DC53 is exclusively related to the Index of American Design). DC129-DC130: Chicago Field Finance office records relating to allocations of works of art. Most series are arranged alphabetically by subject, artist, state, territory, and district. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the records on microfilm reflects the order and arrangement as existed during the microfilming project, 1964-1966, and may not correspond to the original order of the records currently maintained by the National Archives in Record group 69,

Biographical / Historical:

The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to aid unemployed artists, following the precedent set by the Public Works of Art Project and other Treasury department art relief projects. Holger Cahill was appointed director of the FAP and remained in that position throughout its existence. 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 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 National Art Week. National Art Week was observed in both 1940 and 1941, and although the scale was grand and participation by the public impressive, the financial return on both occasions was minute, putting an end to plans for future National Art Weeks.

Provenance:

Series and files microfilmed by AAA were selected from the National Archives record group 69, records of the Work Projects Administration. Additional records of the WPA are preserved at the National Archives. FAP series and files not microfilmed by AAA include: additional records of the Federal Art Project (FAP), National Archives boxes, 27-58 and records of the FAP in Ohio, ca. 1937-1940; Division of Information, "Primary File" of the FAP and National Art Week; and photographic prints and negatives in the Still Picture Division, National Archives Building.

Restrictions:

The Archives does not own the original records. Use is limited to microfilm copy.

Topic:

Federal aid to public welfare  Search this

Art and state -- United States  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.fedeartp09

See more items in:

Selected Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration records from the United States National Archives (microfilm)

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fedeartp09