George Godfrey Thorp papers
name: label: Creator
content: Thorp, George Godfrey, 1904-1972
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Ill.)
label: Names
content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
label: Names
content: Rich, Daniel Catton, 1904-1976
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Illinois
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Instructors
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1309 lent for microfilming; and material on reel 3480 donated 1977 by Isabel Thorp, widow of Thorp.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thorp, George Godfrey, 1904-1972
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, teacher, administrator; Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thorgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1309 & 3480 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1309: Original returned to Isabel Thorp after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters and telegrams; a list; a clipping; notes; and a sketchbook.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1309: Sketchbook presented to Thorp by his staff when he resigned as State Supervisor of the Illinois WPA Art and Craft Program in 1941. Included are sketches by about 30 persons.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3480: A carbon copy of Thorp's letter of resignation as State Supervisor of the Federal Art Project, Illinois WPA Art and Craft Program, August 1, 1941; letters and telegrams regarding his resignation received from Chicago administrators and artists, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Daniel Catton Rich; "Homage a George Thorp," a list of events scheduled for the dinner in honor of Thorp's work with WPA; a clipping on Thorp, 1947; and Thorp's notes on acrylic collage.