E. Herndon Smith Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smith, E. Herndon (Edward Herndon), b. 1891
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content: E. Herndon Smith papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smiteher, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials consist of a resume, a clipping, and a list of Smith's WPA projects.  Correspondence concerns the Federal Arts Bill and the work of the Office of Civilian Defense. Correspondents include Olin Dows and Emma Roche. 

Writings and notes are on the formation of a national Department of Fine Arts and general support of the arts by the federal government. Printed material, writings and reports, and photographs are for the Fine Arts Projects in Alabama and New York. Of note are five photographs of artists working on a mural in Alabama. 

Clippings concern WPA projects.