Olinka Hrdy Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hrdy, Olinka, 1902-
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content: Olinka Hrdy papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hrdyolin, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three scrapbooks and scattered additional material concerns Hrdy's childhood, career, and participation with the Federal Art Project. Within the scrapbooks are scattered biographical material including mementos from Hrdy's time at the University of Oklahoma. Letters are from friends, the Federal Art Project, and Frank Lloyd Wright, in which he invites Hrdy to Taliesin and compliments her artworks. Photographs are of Hrdy and her works of art, and include family snapshots from her childhood. Printed material includes clippings about her family and career and reproductions of works of art. Sketches and designs include early drawings of flowers and figures, and of illustrations. Also found are photographs of work done for the Federal Art Project and addresses of other FAP artists.