Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975
label: Collection Creator
content: Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986
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content: Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1937-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.amesarth, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A two-page biographical sketch of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames is unsigned. Additional background information for the couple is found in a 1955 article from American Artist. The bulk of the collection consists of a written summary of the Southern California Art Project, produced by the Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration. Entitled Southern California Creates, the publication includes photographs and details on different aspects of the project including murals, mosaics, sculpture, lithography, and painting.