Pennsylvania Federal Art Project records
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Pa.)
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming 1964 by the Philadelphia Museum College of Art via Richard Doud and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Pa.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Pennsylvania Federal Art Project records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Pennsylvania Federal Art Project date from 1940 to 1942. Found are writings and a radio script, a project proposal, and Federal Art Project and Works Progress Administration produced printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Federal Art Project was established under Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration. The forty-eight states and territories were divided into regions and Federal Art Project programs were initiated, employing thousands of unemployed artists and craftsmen.
function: label: Function
content: Agencies -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp07
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 NDA10 and was returned to Philadelphia Museum College of Art via Richard Doud 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 NDA 10. 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 the Philadelphia Museum College of Art after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Pennsylvania Federal Art Project date from 1940 to 1942. Found are writings and a radio script, a project proposal, and Federal Art Project and Works Progress Administration produced printed material.