Albert Pels papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pels, Albert
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (U.S.)
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
label: Names
content: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Public art
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- Delaware -- Wilmington
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- Illinois -- Normal
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1979 by Albert Pels.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pels, Albert
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, art school administrator; Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, N.Y. Born May 7, 1910; died 1998. Painted murals for the Section of Fine Arts under the Department of the Treasury government work-relief art projects.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet ((600 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1931-1946]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pelsalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A resume; personal and business correspondence; financial receipts; correspondence with the Treasury Department regarding murals painted by Pels in Wilmington, De. and Normal, Ill. for the Section of Fine Arts during the Depression; ca. 450 sketches of street scenes, figures, and mural studies for government murals; signatures and notes from Kenneth Hayes Miller and William Palmer; photographs of Pels and his work; clippings; exhibition catalogs; and a scrapbook containing clippings, announcements, and letters.