Roswell Weidner papers
name: label: Creator
content: Weidner, Roswell, 1911-1999
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Pastelists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed in 1989 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Weidner, Roswell, 1911-1999
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art instructor and painter; Philadelphia, Pa. Attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Worked on the Federal Art Project, 1937-1939, before joining the staff of the Academy in 1939.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.weidrosw
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4230-4231 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Roswell Weidner, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Resumes, awards, and a typescript of an interview of Weidner conducted by a University of Pennsylvania student in 1986, regarding Weidner's years with the Federal Art Project. The interview includes a discussion of Dox Thrash and the carborundum print. Also included are statements on art; talks delivered by Weidner regarding the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; typescripts of writings by Ben Shahn, George Stout, and Francis Speight; correspondence regarding commissions, sales and exhibitions; letters from John Kucera, Francis Speight, Franklin Watkins and E.P. Richardson;
label: Scope and Contents
content: consignment lists; photographs of Weidner teaching and of exhibition installations; clippings; and exhibition catalogs.