Austin Merrill Mecklem papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mecklem, Austin Merrill, 1894-1951
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content: Austin Merrill Mecklem and Marianne Greer Appel papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2; OV3)
label: Extent
content: 0.035 Gigabytes (ER01)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meckaust, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Biographical materials include Mecklem's high school diploma and graduation program, a United States Passport in his name, membership cards and an automobile registration. Among Mecklem's teaching notes is an essay entitled "A Tentative Introduction to Aesthetics" by Fritz Mart, Ph.D. There also are Work Progress Administration (WPA) bulletins covering the period from April, 1935 to July, 1936 and September, 1936 to February, 1937, WPA assignment cards, and materials explaining the WPA Federal Art Project and its gallery operation. The letters and correspondence primarily concern Mecklem's professional memberships and his efforts to secure employment and exposure for his art. Digital material consists of "Catalogue Raisonee as of Feb. 2009".


Additional Mecklem drawings can be found in a shared sketchbook found in the Appel papers, Series 2.