Raphael Doktor papers
name: label: Creator
content: Doktor, Raphael, 1902-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Restorers
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Raphael Doktor, 1993-1995. An additional copy of "Technical Problems of the Artist" was donated ca. 1970 and microfilmed on reel 3482.
creator: label: Creator
content: Doktor, Raphael, 1902-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; head of the Restoration, Installation and Technical Service Division of the Federal Art Project (FAP) in New York City. Died 1995.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.doktraph
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: "Technical Problems of the Artist: Canvas Adhesives": 35mm microfilm reel 3482 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Reports and photographs of the Technical Service Division of the WPA-Federal Art Project, New York; publications of the New York City WPA Art Project including "The WPA Federal Art Project a Summary of Activities and Accomplishments," undated, "Oils, Watercolors, Prints & Sculpture by Artist Teachers of the Art Teachers Division," 1939, "Art in Action: An Exposition of Work in Progress by the New York City WPA Art Project," 1941, and "Technical Problems of the Artist: Canvas Adhesives," 1939, with clippings glued to the inside cover. (A duplicate pamphlet without the clippings was microfilmed on reel 3482). Also included are catalogs, announcements and newspaper clippings concerning Doktor's exhibitions, and the original manuscript to his novel, "The Laughing Torch" along with several rejection letters from publishers.