Edgar L. Yaeger papers
name: label: Creator
content: Yaeger, Edgar L., 1904-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Mich.)
label: Names
content: Scarab Club
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: Boorsma, Jay, 1893-1955
label: Names
content: Jerry, Sylvester, 1904-1990
label: Names
content: Jungwirth, Leonard D., 1903-1964
label: Names
content: McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948
label: Names
content: Pappas, John L., 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Papsdorf, Frederick, 1887-1978
label: Names
content: Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Sparks, Joseph, 1896-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990-1991 by Edgar Yaeger.
creator: label: Creator
content: Yaeger, Edgar L., 1904-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter, mosaicist; Detroit, Mich. His WPA mural commissions included the Brodhead Naval Armory, Ford Elementary School, the Public Lighting Commission Building, and the Grosse Pointe South High School Library.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.yaegedga
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information, correspondence, printed material, photographs and art work relate to Yaeger's career as an artist, including his work on the WPA Federal Art Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1926-1968, is primarily with museums and galleries concerning loans of Yaeger's art, prizes, invitations to submit works of art, and acknowledgments of gifts, 1926-1968. Correspondents include Clyde H. Burroughs, E.P. Richardson, Robert B. Harshe, and Daniel Catton Rich.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, ca. 1935, show fellow WPA artists, among them Diego Rivera in front of his mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Jos(eph) Sparks, and Leonard Jungwirth; Yaeger working on a mosaic; a group photo of John Pappas, Paul McPharlin, Jerry Sylvester and Sparks; and color photos of Yaeger's mosaic work at the Scarab Club. Original art work includes a linoleum print, 1976 by Yaeger, sketches and watercolors for his WPA murals at the Ford School Library and the Brodhead Naval Armory, and 3 greeting cards from fellow artist Frederick Papsdorf, 1951-1975.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also found are lists of paintings, 1923-1931; printed materials, 1923-1989, including exhibition announcements and catalogs, many for Annual Exhibitions for Michigan Artists; clippings, and newsletters addressed to the "Friends of Edgar Yaeger" (ca. 1988-1989).