Wilmington Museum of Art papers
name: label: Creator
content: St. John's Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- United States
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 by Winston Broadfoot.
creator: label: Creator
content: St. John's Museum of Art
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art museum, Wilmington, N.C. Opened in 1938 with the help of federal aid administered through the Federal Art Program of the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). Most of its exhibits consisted of art borrowed on a loan basis. When the second World War began, the Museum took exhibitions to military camps in the surrounding area. In addition, art classes for children and adults were offered through the Museum. In the mid-1940s, the building (called St. John's Lodge No. 1) was given by its owner to the city, and the Museum eventually became a permanent civic institution, now known as the St. John's Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- North Carolina -- Wilmington
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((93 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A list of watercolors and artists, under the heading "New Englan Coast"; annual reports; minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and of annual meetings; a form letter to members of the museum, 1939; lists of contributors, 1938-1940. There is one item dated 1976, a form letter about a reunion of the class of 1941 of the University of North Carolina.