California Federal Art Project papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Fort Ord, California [microfilm title, reel NDA 14]
label: Other Title
content: WPA-FAP, San Francisco [microfilm title, reel NDA 14]
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
place: label: Place
content: United States -- Social conditions -- California
label: Place
content: United States -- Economic conditions -- California
topic: label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- California
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- Fort Ord
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels NDA 1, NDA 3, NDA 14, NDA 17, NDA 20 and NDA 27 lent for microfilming 1964 by Lewis Ferbrache; and material on reel NDA 2 lent for microfilming 1964 by Marian Simpson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Federal aid art project during the Depression. The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for unemployed artists. Each state and territory had its own programs and were administered aid from the federal government via a local agency.
function: label: Function
content: Programs (organizations)
label: Function
content: Agencies
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Reels (ca. 700 items (on 6 partial microfilm reels.))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NDA 1, NDA 2, NDA 14, NDA 17, NDA 20, & NDA 27 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to respective lenders after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, clippings, writings, and publications relating to the Federal Art Project in California, particularly San Francisco.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 1, frames 752-767: Correspondence and lists relating to exhibitions of works by San Francisco artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 2: Articles from the San Francisco Art Association BULLETIN, 1934-1940 and MAGAZINE OF ART, October 1937.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 3(frames 13-20): Exhibtion catalog of Federal Art Project work at the University of California, Berkeley, Art Gallery, 1936.[Microfilm title University of California Art Gallery]
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 14: Clippings, photographs, and press releases relating to the decoration by the FAP of the Enlisted Men's Club at Fort Ord, California; and photographs and biographical information relating to about 20 artists employed by FAP in Northern California.[Microfilm title Fort Ord, California and WPA-FAP, San Francisco]
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 17: Photographs of sculpture, murals, easel work, graphics, and other works of art by various artists working for the FAP in California; and a list of artists on the Graphic Arts Project, San Francisco.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 20: Photographs of artists and works of art for the FAP in San Francisco.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 27: One publication of the University of California's Medical School murals, 1939; one photograph of project personnel, San Francisco; one newspaper article: "Bernard Zakheim and the U.C. Medical School," December 6, 1964.