Edith Hamlin photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Hamlin, Edith
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming in 1964 by Lewis Ferbrache and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hamlin, Edith
setName: label: See more items in
content: Edith Hamlin photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Edith Hamlin photographs date from 1937. Found are six photographs of Hamlin and her mural at Mission High School in San Francisco, California.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edith Hamlin (1902-1992) was a painter and muralist from San Francisco, California. She studied at the California School of Fine Arts. During the Great Depression, she worked for the Federal Art Project and the Public Works of Art Project on murals throughout the San Francisco area.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hamledit
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 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 lender, Lewis Ferbrache, Oakland Museum of Art, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Edith Hamlin photographs date from 1937. Found are six photographs of Hamlin and her mural at Mission High School in San Francisco, California.