Milwaukee Handicraft Project blockprints and materials
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Wis.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: WPA Milwaukee Handicraft Project
topic: label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
label: Topic
content: Prints, American -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Unmicrofilmed material donated 1964 by Howard Thomas; material on reel 3482 donated 1966 by Harold Wescott.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Wis.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Howard Thomas was the director of the Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project. The Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project was one of the more unusual and diverse of the handicraft projects. Its "Project 1170" was a program especially created for women interested in becoming self-supporting. The Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee State Teachers College were partial sponsors of the project.
function: label: Function
content: Agencies
label: Function
content: Programs (organizations)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Microfilmed portion 35mm microfilm reel 3482 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A collection of portfolios containing 59 block-printed textiles done for the handicraft project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included on microfilm reel 3482 is one decorative, block-printed portfolio, approximately 11" x 13.5" with a seal "W.P.A. Handicraft Project No. 1170".