George Biddle letters to Constance Biddle
name: label: Creator
content: Biddle, George, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: United States. War Department Art Advisory Committee
label: Names
content: Biddle, Constance
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Croton-on-Hudson
label: Topic
content: Art and war
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The letters were lent for microfilming in 1994 by Helen Zimmermann, who was raised by Constance Biddle and her sister; the letters were among Constance's effects at her death. The letters were returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Biddle, George, 1885-1973
setName: label: See more items in
content: George Biddle letters to Constance Biddle
abstract: label: Summary
content: The letters from George Biddle to Constance Biddle date from 1943 to 1945. In two letters, George Biddle writes to his cousin Constance with personal and professional news.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Biddle (1885-1973) was a painter in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He is known as the person responsible for recommending to Franklin Roosevelt a federal art program for artists, giving rise to the Public Works of Art Project and subsequent art projects of the Treasury Department and Works Progress Administration.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1945
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.biddgeol
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 4909 and was returned to Helen Zimmermann after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 4909. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Helen Zimmerman, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The letters from George Biddle to Constance Biddle date from 1943 to 1945. In two letters, George Biddle writes to his cousin Constance with personal and professional news.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the George Biddle papers, circa 1910-1970, and an Oral history interview with George Biddle, 1963.