Subject Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Federal Art Project. Photographic Division
setName: label: See more items in
content: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 25-32)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp14, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and folder title.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series is scanned in entirety with the exception of duplicate copy prints, negatives of existing copy prints, and blank versos of photographs.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs in this series document many of the FAP's educational activities, such as classes for children and adults, primarily in New York City, and active community and federal art centers in other states including Iowa, Florida, and Washington State. Also found here are photos of non-federal public buildings decorated with FAP artwork, such as airports; photos of artists at work and demonstrating various processes; photos of exhibitions, including some at the Harlem Art Center; photos documenting FAP branches, including the Easel Division, the Graphic Arts Division, and the Poster Division; and photos documenting the Federal Music, Theater and Writers' Projects. There is one folder of photographs of a Civilian Conservation Corps camps training school. Also found here are photographs of people and events, including FAP director, Holger Cahill, and various artists with their work in exhibitions

One folder contains images taken by Berenice Abbott for the exhibition Changing New York, for the Museum of the City of New York in collaboration with the WPA.

In addition to copy prints and scattered negatives the series also contains a transcript of a Signal Corps Photographic Center dedication.