PWAP card file for Region 9
name: label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project (Mich.)
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Michigan
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project (Mich.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: PWAP, the first of the New Deal art programs, was established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Michigan was in Region 9 of the PWAP regions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.publwomi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 920 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 66 cards identifying specific projects, giving the project title, location, artists involved and miscellaneous information; and 400 cards giving biographical information on participating artists.