Phyllis Crawford papers relating to the Index of American Design
odd: label: Other Title
content: Index of American Design (microfilm title).
name: label: Creator
content: Crawford, Phyllis
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Phyllis Crawford, 1963-1964.
creator: label: Creator
content: Crawford, Phyllis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Senior Project Supervisor at the Index of American Design in New York, 1936-1949. The Index was a research division of the Federal Art Project which produced approximately 20,000 reproductions (photographs and original drawings) and classifications of a wide variety of American art, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, and folk art during the 1930's.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 54 Items ((on 3 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crawphyl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NDA 3, NDA 14, & 2814 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings, lists and printed material collected by Crawford relating to the Index of American Design and her position there.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 2814: Printed material: "Index of American Design" (an introduction), "Index of American Design Portfolios and Proposed Groupings," and "Supplement No. 1 to the Federal Art Project: Manual Instructions to the Index of American Design" (January 1936). (Microfilmed as Index of American Design records).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 3: Lists, reports and correspondence concerning the administration of the Index of American Design in New York. Included are two lengthy comments written to Holger Cahill in 1949; pamphlets; press clippings; and material related to the controversy surrounding her resignation as Senior Project Supervisor.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 14: Lists, correspondence, press clippings, pamphlets relating to the Index of American Design and the controversy surrounding Crawford's resignation.