Augustus Goertz papers
name: label: Creator
content: Goertz, Augustus F. (Augustus Frederick), 1909-1995
label: Names
content: New York City WPA Artists, Inc.
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
label: Names
content: Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984
label: Names
content: Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003
label: Names
content: Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated in 2007 and in 2008 by Yvette Goertz Janssen, Goertz's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Goertz, Augustus F. (Augustus Frederick), 1909-1995
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Augustus Goerts was an abstract painter and WPA muralist in New York, N.Y. He organized the 1977 exhibition "New York City WPA Art: Then 1934-1943 and... Now 1966-1977," and subsequently founded the New York City WPA Artists, Inc.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1993
label: Date
content: bulk 1977-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goeraugu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers mainly documenting Goertz's invlovement with the 1977 exhibition "New York City WPA Art: Then 1934-1943 and... Now 1966-1977" and the New York City WPA Artists, Inc. organization. Included are correspondence with Lee Krasner, Ibram Lassaw, Paul Cadmus, and William Meyerowitz; artist files; minutes of meetings and administrative files of the organization; installation photographs and photographs of works of art; guest books; and printed material including an exhibition catalog and poster pertaining to the exhibition. Also included are scattered personal papers including biographical information, photographs of Goertz and his family, and sketches by Goertz.