Project Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: True, Allen Tupper, 1881-1955
setName: label: See more items in
content: Allen Tupper True and True family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (box 5-6 and 10, 0.75 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.truealle, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Project files are on reel 4895-4896.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains letters, legal documents, printed material, and photographs concerning True's mural projects for the state capitol buildings of Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

True acted as color consultant for the Bureau of Reclamation on Bouder Dam and Grand Coulee Dam (Washington State) and during the construction of several other dams and their power houses, including Bonneville (Oregon), Shasta (California), Friant (California), and Minidoka (Idaho)]. His consultation work on these projects is also documented here.

Files typically contain any or all of the following types of material: photographs of the installed murals; related letters, contracts, copyright cards and purchase orders; illustrated notebooks, sketches, and paintings; schematic drawings; and printed material.