Central office correspondence with field offices, state supervisors and others
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
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content: Treasury Relief Art Project selected administrative and business records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Linear feet (23 microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1948
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.treareap, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged alphabetically by state, including the District of Columbia and Territories; thereunder chronologically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, memoranda, and telegrams sent by the Chief of TRAP, Olin Dows, and others in his office and by the advisor, including business manager, Cecil H. Jones. The records concern all phases of work conducted during the project, including discussion of individual works of art and their installation in Federal buildings. Included in the correspondence are discussions of Project activities; correspondence with the state director or supervisor; correspondence with the State director of the Works Progress Administration; correspondence concerning individual projects; and correspondence with regional directors from California and New York. Reel DC024 includes central office correspondence with artists on projects, re: projects, etc. (reverse chronology) 1935-1938. Anything that might be called esthetics is found primarily in letters written by Olin Dows; also in letters by Henry LAFarge, artists on projects. Reel DC027 includes central office correspondence with artists on projects in Massachusetts (reverse chronology), 1935-1939. Reel DC029 includes central office correspondence with artists on projects, administrators (local), re artists and projects, etc. 1935-1938 (in reverse order). Primarily routine administrative, financial correspondence. Anything that might be ealled ESTHETICS is usually found in letters from Olin Dows; also in letters from Henry La Farge, artists on the projects. Reel DC030 includes TRAP central office correspondence with artists, administrators, etc. re: projects, artists, etc., primarily in New York State. Reel DC035 includes TRAP-Central office correspondence with artists, administrators, etc. Re: artists; projects, etc.