Sylvia Loomis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project. Art Education Division
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were initially lent for microfilming in 1964 by Sylvia Loomis. All but the photographs were subsequently donated in 2014 with additional material by Loomis' daughter, Ilse Gay.
creator: label: Creator
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sylvia Loomis was an art teacher in New York, New York.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loomsylv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NDA 2 (fr.35-47) & NDA 27 (fr. 529-592) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Photographs of students from classes available on Reel NDA 2; location of originals unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, teaching files, artwork and printed material documenting Sylvia Loomis' time teaching in the Arts Education program for the Federal Arts Project.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives is material lent for microfilming (reel NDA2) including photographs of students in classes at the FAP Art Education program.