Federal Music Project (U.S.)
Size: 0.2 linear ft. (ca. 60 items).
Summary: Material kept by Federal Music Project administrator Emily Mason Kahn, including printed and mimeographed booklets; brochures; programs and reports; carbon copies of memos; teaching material; and two photographs. [Microfilm title WPA-Federal Theater Project]
The Federal Music Project was formed in 1935 under Federal Project No. One of the Works Progress Administration to employ, train, and rehablitate unemployed musicians.
Donated 1965 by Emily Mason Kahn.
Microfilm reel NDA 18 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Federal Music Project records, 1939-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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