Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Section bulletins
name: label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
topic: label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned for microfilming in 1964 by Lewis Ferbrache of the De Young Museum of Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
setName: label: See more items in
content: Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Section bulletins
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Department Bulletins date from 1934 to 1941. Twenty-four bulletins begin in February of 1934 and end in May of 1941 and are almost complete. Number 12 is not included.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Both the Public Works of Art Project and the Section of Fine Arts were federally aided art programs administered by the United States Department of the Treasury and instituted during the Depression. The Public Works of Art Project was the first program to attempt to alleviate unemployment among artists. It lasted from December 1933 to June 1934. Its successor, the Section of Fine Arts, aimed to decorate federal buildings via juried competitions to which artists submitted designs for selection.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.unsttrea
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 NDA03 and was returned to Lewis Ferbrache 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 the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA03. 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 Lewis Ferbrache of the De Young Museum of Art after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Department Bulletins date from 1934 to 1941. Twenty-four bulletins begin in February of 1934 and end in May of 1941 and are almost complete. Number 12 is not included.