Lou Block papers
name: label: Creator
content: Block, Lou, 1895-1969
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
place: label: Place
content: United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
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: Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1965 by Louis Block.
creator: label: Creator
content: Block, Lou, 1895-1969
label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Administrator, Federal Art Project; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1938
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bloclou
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel NDA 18 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Louis Block after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relating to Block's involvement as a supervisor in the WPA Federal Art Project New York City office and as a member of the Artists Congress.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Frames 825-889: Photographs of murals in New York City, many unidentified, and photographs of strike and picketing by Artists' Union [microfilm title WPA-FAP, New York].
label: Scope and Contents
content: Frames 1013-1300: Correspondence and memoranda regarding rejection of murals for the Harlem Hospital by black artists, and charges of racism and segregation in the FAP; memos and reports by Block on the Index of American Design in New York City, including a roster of master artists on the Index; memos relating to cutbacks and quotas on the FAP; memos from the Supervisors Association of the FAP; Artists Congress report to membership, November 1936; issues of AMERICAN ARTIST; Index of American Design exhibition catalogs; and other printed material.