Michigan Art and Craft Project records
name: label: Creator
content: Michigan Art and Craft Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Mich.)
label: Names
content: Michigan Art and Craft Project
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Beerbohm, Marvin, 1909-
label: Names
content: Bergy, Grace
label: Names
content: Calder, Clivia, 1909-
label: Names
content: Casava, Frank
label: Names
content: Cashwan, Samuel, 1900-
label: Names
content: Fredenthal, David, 1914-1958
label: Names
content: Merlin, Maurice (Maurice Jay), 1909-1947
label: Names
content: Pollock, Charles C.
label: Names
content: Speck, Walter, 1895-
label: Names
content: Yaeger, Edgar L., 1904-
topic: label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A portion of the collection provenance unknown. Additional photographs donated in 2024 by Peter Merlin, Maurice Merlin's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Michigan Art and Craft Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Michigan Art and Craft Project was a division of the Federal Art Project. Charles Pollock was the supervisor of the project.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet ((on partial micrfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.michart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Financial documents; project statistics; descriptions of programs; letters to Charles Pollock; a clipping about Pollock's mural in Lansing, Michigan; photographs of artists: Clivia Calder, Samuel Cashwan, and Frank Casava with their works; and photographs of works of art by Marvin Beerbohm, David Fredenthal, Walter Speck, and Edgar Yaeger available on 35mm microfilm reel 2299 [Microfilm and box title WPA-Michigan] for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Michigan Art and Craft project records measure 0.7 linear feet and date from circa 1040-1942. Included is financial documents; project statistics; descriptions of programs; letters to Charles Pollock; a clipping about Pollock's mural in Lansing, Michigan; photographs of artists: Clivia Calder, Samuel Cashwan, and Frank Casava with their works; and photographs of works of artists and art by Marvin Beerbohm, David Fredenthal, Walter Speck, and Edgar Yaeger and others including mural work, wood carving, silkscreen manufacture and other crafts. Also included are photographs of posters that are signed by Maurice Merlin, and others that may be attributed to Merlin, as well as clippings of newspaper artwork produced by Merlin for the Los Angeles Times during the early 1940's.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Maurice Merlin papers.