Wilbur D. Peat papers
name: label: Creator
content: Peat, Wilbur David, 1898-1966
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889-1978
place: label: Place
content: United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
label: Place
content: United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
label: Occupation
content: Public officers
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- Indiana
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- Indiana
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- Indiana
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1965 by Wilbur D. Peat.
creator: label: Creator
content: Peat, Wilbur David, 1898-1966
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Wilbur D. Peat (1898-1966) was the Divisional Manager of the Public Works of Art Project in Region 9, which included Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky. He was also the director of the John Herron Museum of Art in Indianapolis (later the Indianapolis Museum of Art), from 1929-1965.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.peatwilb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel NDA 22 & NDA 23 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; financial reports; project reports and bulletins of the Public Works of Art Project; correspondence with William Milliken, Director of Region 9 of the PWAP, relating to the administration of PWAP and Treasury Relief Art Project; applications; work reports and letters from aritsts about their projects, analyses of their work in questionnaire format; minutes; photographs; clippings; and miscellaneous papers relating to Treasury Department art projects in Indiana.