Clarence Holbrook Carter papers
name: label: Creator
content: Carter, Clarence Holbrook, 1904-2000
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Ohio)
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Names
content: Campbell, Charles, 1905-
label: Names
content: Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946
place: label: Place
content: United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
label: Place
content: United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Ohio
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels NDA27 and N68-19 lent by Carter, 1964 and 1968; remainder donated by Carter, 1969-1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carter, Clarence Holbrook, 1904-2000
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, designer, director of Federal Art Project; Cleveland, Ohio.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10.7 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cartclar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NDA 27, N733-N734, N68-19, 85 & N70-40 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels NDA 27 & N68-19: Originals returned to lender, Clarence Holbrook Carter, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; diaries; business records; printed material; photographs; and miscellaneous items.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 27: Correspondence with Forbes Watson, Olin Dows, Edward B. Rowan and others about Carter's career as an artist and as a supervisor in the Federal Arts Project in Ohio; and several personal letters from Charles Campbell.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N68-19: Memorabilia, including old letters, clippings, family records, and early family photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N70-40: Clippings and other printed material regarding Carter's Holbrook grandparents.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reels N733-N734: Correspondence with art dealers, with museum directors, relating to exhibitions and specific paintings, and his involvement with the Federal Art Project, 1927-1966.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 85: Clippings; catalogs; journal reproductions of Carter's work; and correspondence relating to Carter's supervision of the painting of post office murals in Portsmouth and Ravenna, Ohio and to the Municipal collection of Cleveland Art project under the Treasury Section and Federal Art Project; also discussion of three exhibits organized by Carter and toured by the Smithsonian Institution during 1966-1970. Correspondents include Edward Rowan, Holger Cahill, and Charles Campbell.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Family and business correspondence relating to his painting; business files containing correspondence and printed material; exhibition catalogs; photographs of works of art; passports and other travel documents; annotated calendars, 1969-1971; diary entries, Jan.-Apr. 1929; bills and receipts; and printed material.