Gustave Von Groschwitz papers
name: label: Creator
content: Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project. Graphic Arts Division
label: Creator
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming 1964 by Gustave Von Groschwitz and was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project. Graphic Arts Division
label: Creator
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
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content: Gustave Von Groschwitz papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of arts administrator Gustave Von Groschwitz date from 1935 to 1938. Found are materials relating to the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, a division for which Von Groschwitz served as director. Included are Graphic Arts Division printed materials, exhibition catalogs produced by the Federal Art Project, a transcript for a radio show, clippings, and a 1938 calendar featuring Federal Art Project prints.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gustave Von Groschwitz (1906-1991) was an arts administrator in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Iowa City, Iowa. During the Great Depression, Von Groschwitz served as Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration and was based in New York City, New York. Later he became the director of the Carnegie Museum of Art and associate director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1938
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vongros
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel NDA14 and was returned to Gustave Von Groschwitz after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA14. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Gustave Von Groschwitz.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of arts administrator Gustave Von Groschwitz date from 1935 to 1938. Found are materials relating to the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, a division for which Von Groschwitz served as director. Included are Graphic Arts Division printed materials, exhibition catalogs produced by the Federal Art Project, a transcript for a radio show, clippings, and a 1938 calendar featuring Federal Art Project prints.