Emanuel Benson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
label: Names
content: Grosz, George, 1893-1959
label: Names
content: Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
label: Names
content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
label: Names
content: Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
label: Names
content: Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947
label: Names
content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
label: Names
content: O'Connor, Francis V.
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
label: Names
content: Wolff, Gustave, 1863-1935
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1964-1978 by Benson and his widow, Elaine Benson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Educator, writer, and lecturer; Philadelphia, Pa. Was a consultant for the WPA Federal Art Project. Began a book on the project and died before it was finished. Francis V. O'Connor edited and completed the book, ART FOR THE MILLIONS.
function: label: Function
content: Art centers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.benseman
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D/NDA/B & 2384 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid to the correspondents is available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material relating to the Federal Art Project; and correspondence.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D/NDA/B: Reports; directives; articles; lectures; speeches; clippings; publications; the mock-up of a projected book on the project; and essays written for the book by Stuart Davis and Balcomb Greene. Papers were kept by Benson as consultant to the Federal Art Project and are mostly related to the Community Art Centers and the Index of American Design.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2384: 482 cards and letters from artists and friends; lecture notes and writings; and a photograph (unidentified). Correspondents include Karl Knaths, Alexander Calder, Gustav Wolff, Alfred Stieglitz, Jacques Lipchitz, George Grosz, Arthur Machen, John Marin, Franklin Watkins, Wassily Kandinsky, and others.