Halley Brewster Savery Hough papers relating to National Art Week
name: label: Creator
content: Hough, Halley Brewster Savery
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Wash.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project. National Art Week
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Washington (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming by Richard Berner in 1964 and returned after filming. Berner is affiliated with the University of Washington in Seattle.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hough, Halley Brewster Savery
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content: Halley Brewster Savery Hough papers relating to National Art Week
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Halley Brewster Savery Hough papers relating to National Art Week date from 1940 to 1941. Found are correspondence, press releases, and miscellaneous publications, chiefly relating to Hough's work as chairman of Art Week and related activities with the National Council for Art Week in Washington state.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Halley Brewster Savery Hough (1894-1967) was the chairperson for National Art Week in the state of Washington. National Art Week was an attempt by the Federal Art Project to cultivate a greater cultural and consumer awareness of the arts across America from 1940 to 1941. Hough was the first curator of the Henry Art Museum of the University of Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.houghall
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 NDA10 and was returned to Richard Berner of the University of Washington 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 onto reel NDA 10. 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 the lender, Richard Berner after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Halley Brewster Savery Hough papers relating to National Art Week date from 1940 to 1941. Found are correspondence, press releases, and miscellaneous publications, chiefly relating to Hough's work as chairman of Art Week and related activities with the National Council for Art Week in Washington state.