Dorothy Collins papers
name: label: Creator
content: Collins, Dorothy (1893-1977)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming in 1964 by Dorothy Collins and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Collins, Dorothy (1893-1977)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dorothy Collins papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of arts administrator Dorothy Collins date from 1939 to 1942. Found are records relating to Federal Art Project murals at Fort Ord and the University of California San Francisco as well as Works Progress Administration writings and reports.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dorothy Collins (1893-?) was an arts administrator and patron in San Francisco, California. She served as supervisor of the Federal Art Project in Northern California. One of her projects involved overseeing the decoration of the Fort Ord's Enlisted Men's Club, which was the last large Federal Art Project and WPA building project in Northern California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.colldoro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels NDA10 and NDA14 and was returned to Dorothy Collins after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed onto reels NDA 10 & NDA 14. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original returned to Dorothy Collins after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of arts administrator Dorothy Collins date from 1939 to 1942. Found are records relating to Federal Art Project murals at Fort Ord and the University of California San Francisco as well as Works Progress Administration writings and reports.