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From Series 2: Correspondence Files, 1922-1979, 1993

Series 2: Correspondence Files, 1922-1979, 1993 (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear ft.)

This series consists of personal and work-related correspondence (primarily incoming correspondence) between Cahill and various friends and colleagues. While a large portion of the series documents Cahill's position as Director of the FAP, it also extends beyond those years and illuminates other aspects of Cahill's career including his interest in folk and Asian art, and his work as an art critic.

There is significant correspondence with the artist Stanton MacDonald Wright between 1936 and 1950, and with the artist Irene Pereira between 1950 and 1953. The series also documents research which Cahill conducted in the late 1940s on the development of the Index of American Design for his introduction to a book on the Index by the National Gallery of Art, published by the Macmillan Company. Correspondence from 1949 provides another angle on the historical details of the FAP through lengthy correspondence documenting Cahill's criticism of William Francis McDonald's book Federal Relief Administration and the Arts (Ohio State University Press, 1969).

There is a large amount of correspondence from July 1960 comprising sympathy letters to Dorothy C. Miller following Cahill's death. Correspondence from 1977 encloses a catalog of an exhibition organized by New York WPA Artists, Inc., at the Parsons School of Design in November 1977. The exhibition, New York City WPA Art, was dedicated to the memory of Holger Cahill.

An list of most of the correspondents (with the exception of those microfilmed on reel 1105) can be found in the Appendix: Alphabetical Index to Correspondents in Series 2.

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5285	0673-0704	Correspondence, undated
5285	0706-0717	Correspondence, 1922-1925
5285	0718-0728	Correspondence, 1929
5285	0729-0749	Correspondence, 1930-1931
5285	0751-0770	Correspondence, 1932-1933
5285	0772-0790	Correspondence, 1934
5285	0792-0836	Correspondence, January-February 1935
5285	0838-0882	Correspondence, March-June 1935
5285	0884-0914	Correspondence, July-December 1935
5285	0916-0936	Correspondence, January 1936
5285	0938-1003	Correspondence, February 1936
5285	1005-1054	Correspondence, March 1936
5285	1056-1089	Correspondence, April 1936
5285	1090-1103	Correspondence, May 1936
5285	1104-1131	Correspondence, June 1936
5285	1132-1153	Correspondence, July 1936
5285	1155-1205	Correspondence, August 1936
5285	1206-1220	Correspondence, September 1936
5285	1221-1242	Correspondence, October 1936
5285	1243-1282	Correspondence, November 1936
5285	1283-1303	Correspondence, December 1936
5285	1304-1341	Correspondence, January-June 1937
5285	1342-1389	Correspondence, July 1937
5285	1390-1420	Correspondence, August 1-13, 1937
5285	1421-1458	Correspondence, August 14-31, 1937
5285	1459-1474	Correspondence, September-October 1937
5285	1475-1501	Correspondence, November-December 1937
5285	1502-1534	Correspondence, January-August 1938

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5286	0003-0045	Correspondence, September-December 1938
5286	0046-0068	Correspondence, January-March 1939
5286	0069-0089	Correspondence, April-June 1939
5286	0091-0113	Correspondence, July-September 1939
5286	0114-0149	Correspondence, October-December 1939

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
1105	0023	Correspondence, 1940

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5286	0150-0220	Correspondence, January-March, 1940
5286	0221-0255	Correspondence, April-June 1940
5286	0256-0308	Correspondence, July-December 1940
5286	0309-0360	Correspondence, January-March 1941
5286	0361-0407	Correspondence, April-June 1941
5286	0408-0445	Correspondence, July-August 1941
5286	0446-0471	Correspondence, September-December 1941

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
1105	0024-0046	Correspondence, 1942

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5286	0472-0511	Correspondence, January-June 1942
5286	0512-0530	Correspondence, July-December 1942

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
1105	0047-0064	Correspondence, 1943

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5286	0531-0576	Correspondence, January-February 1943
5286	0578-0607	Correspondence, March-April 1943
5286	0608-0649	Correspondence, May-December 1943
5286	0650-0684	Correspondence, January-May 1944
5286	0685-0718	Correspondence, June-December 1944
5286	0719-0772	Correspondence, 1945
5286	0773-0822	Correspondence, 1946
5286	0823-0836	Correspondence, 1947
5286	0837-0888	Correspondence, January-May 1948
5286	0889-0923	Correspondence, June-December 1948
5286	0924-0950	Correspondence, January-February 1949
5286	0951-0984	Correspondence, March 1949
5286	0985-1021	Correspondence, April 1-12, 1949
5286	1022-1039	Correspondence, April 13-28, 1949
5286	1040-1079	Correspondence, April 29-30, 1949
5286	1080-1105	Correspondence, May 1949
5286	1106-1146	Correspondence, June 1-9, 1949
5286	1147-1179	Correspondence, June 10-21, 1949
5286	1180-1199	Correspondence, June 22-30, 1949
5286	1200-1223	Correspondence, July 1-14, 1949
5286	1224-1240	Correspondence, July 15-31, 1949
5286	1241-1247	Correspondence, August 1949
5286	1248-1286	Correspondence, September 1-12, 1949
5286	1287-1347	Correspondence, September 14, 1949
5286	1348-1364	Correspondence, September 15-30, 1949
5286	1365-1392	Correspondence, October-December 1949
5286	1393-1417	Correspondence, January-March 1950
5286	1418-1442	Correspondence, April-June 1950
5286	1443-1484	Correspondence, July-October 1950
5286	1486-1513	Correspondence, November 1950

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5287	0003-0024	Correspondence, November-December 1950
5287	0025-0059	Correspondence, January-March 1951
5287	0060-0091	Correspondence, April-August 1951
5287	0092-0119	Correspondence, September-December 1951
5287	0120-0154	Correspondence, January-May 1952
5287	0155-0186	Correspondence, June-August 1952
5287	0187-0202	Correspondence, September-December 1952
5287	0203-0218	Correspondence, January-June 1953
5287	0219-0250	Correspondence, July-December 1953
5287	0251-0286	Correspondence, 1954
5287	0287-0332	Correspondence, 1955
5287	0333-0359	Correspondence, 1956
5287	0360-0401	Correspondence, 1957-1959
5287	0402-0406	Correspondence, January-June 1960
5287	0407-0516	Correspondence, July 1960 (3 folders)
5287	0517-0548	Correspondence, July 7-8, 1960
5287	0550-0614	Correspondence, July 9-10, 1960
5287	0615-0662	Correspondence, July 11, 1960 (2 folders)
5287	0663-0688	Correspondence, July 12, 1960
5287	0689-0727	Correspondence, July 13-14, 1960
5287	0728-0767	Correspondence, July 15-18, 1960
5287	0768-0803	Correspondence, July 19-24, 1960
5287	0804-0829	Correspondence, July 25-31, 1960
5287	0831-0880	Correspondence, August 1960
5287	0881-0925	Correspondence, September-December 1960
5287	0927-0932	Correspondence, 1961-1972
5287	0933-1006	Correspondence, 1977
5287	1008-1014	Correspondence, 1979, 1993

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