Russell Vernon Hunter papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hunter, Russell Vernon, 1900-1955
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard, 1874-1960
label: Names
content: Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968
label: Names
content: Mozley, Loren, 1905-
label: Names
content: Mozley, Loren, 1905-
label: Names
content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
label: Names
content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
place: label: Place
content: United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New Mexico
label: Place
content: United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- New Mexico
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New Mexico
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- New Mexico
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- New Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The lender, Mrs. Ewing, is the widow of Hunter. Material on reel NDA 1 lent by Mrs. Ewing.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hunter, Russell Vernon, 1900-1955
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, administrator and designer; Sante Fe, New Mexico. State director of the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration, a federally aided project to provide employment to artists during the Depression.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 420 Items ((on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.huntruss
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel NDA 1(frames 769-839) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3028-3030 available at AAA's Washington, D.C. and Southern California offices; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Library; and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 3028-3030: Originals returned to the lender, Virginia Ewing, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel NDA 1: Originals returned to Mrs. H. Gilbert Finke after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical data; correspondence; sketches; exhibition materials; photographs; clippings; and press releases.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reels 3028-3030: Biographical data; correspondence with Ernest Blumenschein, Adolf Dehn, Loren Mozley, Georgia O'Keeffe and others; a transcript of an interview with Hunter's widow, Virginia Hunter Ewing, Janaury 7, 1964, regarding Hunter's tenure as State Director for the Federal Art Program of WPA in New Mexico; illustrated typescripts of Hunter's manuscripts; price lists and appraisals of his work; 4 undated sketchbooks of figure studies; annotated drawings of furniture, interior designs and mural studies; a scrapbook, 1925-1960, of newspaper clippings and other printed material; exhibition catalogs; magazine clippings; photos of Hunter, his paintings and murals, and his interior design for the Officer's Club, Army Air Base, Clovis, New Mexico.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NDA 1: Press clippings and a memorial bulletin from the Roswell Museum in New Mexico where he was an administrator.