Arthur Painter papers of the Federal Art Project
name: label: Creator
content: Painter, Arthur
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project. National Art Week
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The materials microfilmed are from the files of Arthur Painter, but were loaned to AAA through Lewis Ferbrache who was a collector for AAA's "New Deal and the Arts" project. The papers were returned to Lewis Ferbrache after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Painter, Arthur
setName: label: See more items in
content: Arthur Painter papers of the Federal Art Project
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of arts administrator Arthur Painter date from 1938 to 1941. Material relates to Painter's role as the Director of Information for the Federal Art Project in San Francisco, California. Found are general publicity files which include correspondence, lists, photographs, printed materials, reports, and worksheets detailing fund allocations from various projects administered by the Federal Art Project. Of note is material on National Art Week in 1941 and the publicity relating to the dedication of murals at Fleishacker Mother's House at the San Francisco Zoo.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur C. Painter (1911-1980) was the Director of Information, Federal Art Project for Northern California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1941
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.painarth
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 Reel NDA16 and was returned to Lewis Ferbrache 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 the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA16. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Lewis Ferbrache after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of arts administrator Arthur Painter date from 1938 to 1941. Material relates to Painter's role as the Director of Information for the Federal Art Project in San Francisco, California. Found are general publicity files which include correspondence, lists, photographs, printed materials, reports, and worksheets detailing fund allocations from various projects administered by the Federal Art Project. Of note is material on National Art Week in 1941 and the publicity relating to the dedication of murals at Fleishacker Mother's House at the San Francisco Zoo.