0.5 Linear feet (ca. 400 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Date:
1958-1984
Scope and Contents:
REEL 3591: Papers regarding his research on New Deal Art Projects, including correspondence and copies of correspondence with William C. Agee, George Biddle (including 16 photographs of murals in Mexico City and Washington, D.C. and a clipping), Mrs. Edward Bruce, Olin Dows, Maria Ealand, Arlene Jacobowitz, Masha Zakheim Jewett (including an exhibition catalog and clippings on Bernard Baruch Zakheim), Horace Kallen, Rockwell Kent, Chet LaMore, Merwin C. Phelps, David W. Scott, Harold Weston, and others; National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposals "NDA Projects in Pennsylvania," 1975, and "Images of the Heartland," 1980, and notes from Contreras' interviews with Maria Ealand, John Gernand, Jacob Kainen, Dorothy Miller, and Selma Rein.
REEL 41: Contreras' Ph.D. thesis entitled, "The New Deal Treasury Department Art Programs and the American Artist: 1933-1943."
Biographical / Historical:
Argentinian born artist, art historian; Albuquerque, New York; d. 1990.
Related Materials:
Papers of Belisario R. Contreras, 1860-1976, are also located at The University of New Mexico's Center for Southwest Research.
Provenance:
Donated 1985 by Belisario Contreras.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
March 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1204]
Restrictions & Rights:
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
July 2, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1276]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
August 7, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1303R1]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
August 14, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1310]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
December 19, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1412R1]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1969
April 8, 1969
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1469]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1969
April 8, 1969
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1470R1]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1969
May 8, 1969
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1491]
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Physical description:
120mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1965
Between 1965 and 1969
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-778]
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Physical description:
120mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1966
February 11, 1966
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-821R2]
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Physical description:
120mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1966
April 27, 1966
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-874R1]
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Physical description:
120mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1966
April 27, 1966
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-874R2]
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1967
February 9, 1967
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-990]
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