Selma Rein research material on New Deal art
name: label: Creator
content: Rein, Selma
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Treasury Relief Art Project (N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Richard Rein, the son of Selma Rein.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rein, Selma
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reinselm
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material primarily relating Rein's work as research associate on the NEA funded project "Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now," directed by Francis V. O'Connor. Included are letters, 1967-1968, some concerning miscellaneous research projects, and the installation of art work on city property in New York state through various WPA programs including PWAP, TRAP, and WPA-FAP; photocopies of letters to Franklin Roosevelt; minutes of a meeting; a list of sponsors of the Washington area committee for the abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1968; questionnaire forms; letters, 1967, and forms for an independent survey of WPA-FAP works of art installed in schools and institutions in Washington, D.C.; clippings, 1961-1968; and printed material.