William C. Palmer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Iowa)
label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Public art
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- United States
label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 290 lent for microfilming, lender unknown; unmicrofilmed material donated 1981 by Joseph C. Palmer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Iowa)
label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, muralist, educator; Clinton, New York Worked for the federal government on the Federal Art Project in Iowa, for the Public Works of Art Project in New York, and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. and Massachusetts. Artist-in-residence at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((partially filmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.palmwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 290 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 290: Originals returned to the lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, and financial records.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unmicrofilmed material: Correspondence regarding Palmer's commissions with the Federal Art Project, Public Works of Art Project, and the Treasury Relief Art Project; an essay by Palmer on gesso painting; financial records; contracts; clippings; photographs of Palmer's murals; and 9 panels entitled "Qualities that Developed the Middle West", submitted to the Section of Fine Arts as entries for the St. Louis Post Office competition, 1939.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 290: Correspondence, financial records; contracts; and printed material emanating from Palmer's mural assignments for the FAP, PWAP, and the Section.