Oregon Federal Art Project records
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Or.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946
label: Names
content: Smith, Margery Hoffman, 1888-1981
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Oregon
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming by Margery Hoffman Smith and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Or.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Oregon Federal Art Project records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Oregon Federal Art Project (FAP) date from 1936 to 1939. Found is a typescript of a speech by Henry L. Hopkins, FAP produced printed materials, and scattered correspondence of Margery Hoffman Smith, an administrator of the project.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Margery Hoffman Smith was an administrator of the Federal Art Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Oregon and served as art director for the Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood. The FAP fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the WPA. The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the precedent set by the Public Works of Art Project and other Treasury department art relief projects. Holger Cahill was appointed director of the FAP and remained in that position throughout its existence. Harry Hopkins was the national administrator for the WPA.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp06
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 NDA01 and was returned to Margery Hoffman Smith after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on NDA01. 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 Margery Hoffman Smith after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Oregon Federal Art Project date from 1936 to 1939. Found is a typescript of a speech by Henry L. Hopkins, FAP produced printed materials, and scattered correspondence of Margery Hoffman Smith, an administrator of the project.