Olinka Hrdy papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hrdy, Olinka, 1902-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Oklahoma
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Oklahoma
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- Oklahoma
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women designers
label: Topic
content: Women muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1964 by Olinka Hrdy and was returned to the donor after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hrdy, Olinka, 1902-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Olinka Hrdy papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of designer, illustrator, and muralist Olinka Hrdy (1902-1987) date from 1913 to 1955. Found are three scrapbooks containing biographical material, scattered correspondence, photographs, printed material, and sketches and examples of her art. The papers comment on Hrdy's early life and her career, including her participation in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Olinka Hrdy (1902-1987) was a designer, illustrator, and muralist from Prague, Oklahoma. She studied at the University of Oklahoma and moved to Tulsa after graduation. Later, she lived in New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California, where she had her own design studio. She produced murals for the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hrdyolin
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
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 Reels LA07 and LA08 and was returned to Olinka Hrdy after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2024 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 reels LA07 and LA08. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Olinka Hrdy after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of designer, illustrator, and muralist Olinka Hrdy (1902-1987) date from 1913 to 1955. Found are three scrapbooks containing biographical material, scattered correspondence, photographs, printed material, and sketches and examples of her art. The papers comment on Hrdy's early life and her career, including her participation in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project.