Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition
name: label: Creator
content: Fogg Art Museum
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The records were lent for microfilming in 1964 by the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fogg Art Museum
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content: Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Records relating to the Index of American Design Exhibition date from 1936 to 1937. Found is the exhibition catalog, a manual and supplement for the instruction to install the Index of American Design Exhibition, and correspondence between the Federal Art Project and Frederick Robinson of the Fogg Museum.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Index of American Design was a project of the research division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration which produced approximately 20,000 reproductions (photographs and original drawings) and classifications of a wide variety of American art, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, and folk art. It was held at the Fogg Museum at Harvard University in 1937.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.foggart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel NDA01 and was returned to the Fogg Museum after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed onto reel NDA01. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the Fogg Museum after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records relating to the Index of American Design Exhibition date from 1936 to 1937. Found is the exhibition catalog, a manual and supplement for the instruction to install the Index of American Design Exhibition, and correspondence between the Federal Art Project and Frederick Robinson of the Fogg Museum.