Dong Kingman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kingman, Dong, 1911-2000
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- California
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The lender, Lewis Ferbrache, collected papers for AAA from artists and administrators of the various government funded art programs of the Depression. It was part of a larger nation-wide, collecting project, "New Deal and the Arts." The papers were returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kingman, Dong, 1911-2000
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dong Kingman papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of watercolorist and muralist Dong Kingman (1911-2000) date from 1938 to 1942. Found are records relating to Kingman's participation with the National Art Week, Works Progress Administration. Included is a The New Yorker article on Kingman; photographs of Kingman, his wife and family, and of works of art; and a letter concerning an exhibition.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American painter and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and New York City, New York. Kingman taught at Columbia University and Hunter College and worked for the Works Progress Administration.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kingdong
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 Reels NDA15 and was returned to Lewis Ferbrache 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 the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA15 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 Lewis Ferbrache after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of watercolorist and muralist Dong Kingman (1911-2000) date from 1938 to 1942. Found are records relating to Kingman's participation with the National Art Week, Works Progress Administration. Included is a The New Yorker article on Kingman; photographs of Kingman, his wife and family, and of works of art; and a letter concerning an exhibition.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Dong Kingman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries include photographs of works of art and negatives.