NCFA Library
name: label: Collection Creator
content: O'Connor, Francis V.
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content: Francis V. O'Connor papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.7 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-7, OV 28)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.oconfran, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged as 4 subseries.  Materials retain O'Connor's original folder headings and arrangement and were compiled as a distinct set of research materials for the National Collection of Fine Arts Libary.  There is some overlap with Series 2.

1.1: WPA/FAP NY Administrative Records, 1935-1969

1.2: WPA/FAP Artists' Files, 1936-1971

1.3: GSA Artists' Employment History Records, 1936-1973

1.4: WPA Artists' Essays, 1920-1965
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These materials comprise primary source documentation covering the administration of the WPA/FAP (Works Progress Administration/Federal Arts Project) and its activities in New York City and State collected or created during O'Connor's National Endowment for the Humanities' sponsored research project, Federal Support for the Visual Arts (1969), and his subsequent book, Art for the Millions (1973).