Jesse L. Nusbaum Public Works of Art records
name: label: Creator
content: Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury
label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
label: Occupation
content: Public officers
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare -- New Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1963 by Jesse L. Nusbaum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Nusbaum, Jesse L. (Jesse Logan)
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury
label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nusbaum was director of Region 13 of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). It was the first of the New Deal art programs, established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. It existed until June 1934.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 75 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1935
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nusbjess
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D165 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Jesse L. Nusbaum after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, bulletins, reports and catalogs relating to the 13th region (New Mexico and Arizona) of the Public Works of Art Project.