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Francis V. O'Connor papers, 1920-2009

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1.4: WPA Artists' Essays, 1936-1965

Essays are by WPA artists reflecting on their experiences in the program, which were collected in 1936 by the Washington office of the WPA/FAP to be published in a national report. By 1943, plans to publish were put on hold indefinitely until the manuscript was rediscovered by O'Connor in 1968 and published under the title Art for the Millions. Several of these files also contain multiple drafts, copies, and photographs of artists intended to be published alongside their essays.
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Anonymous, "Florida Galleries of the Federal Art Project", circa 1935-1936
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Anonymous, "What an Art Center Can Do for Phoenix", circa 1935-1936
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Abbott, Berenice, circa 1935-1936
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Bear, Donald J., circa 1935-1936
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Bennett, Gwendolyn, circa 1935-1936
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Benson, Emanuel M., circa 1935-1936
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Bird, Elzy J., circa 1935-1936
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Bloch, Julius, circa 1935-1936
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Bloch, Lucienne, circa 1935-1939
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Block, Lou, circa 1935-1936
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Boag, Robert, circa 1935-1936
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Britton, Edgar, circa 1935-1936
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Brown, Douglas, circa 1935-1936
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Bruton, Helen, circa 1935-1939
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Bufano, Beniamino, circa 1935-1939
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Cashwan, Samuel, circa 1935-1936
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Cervantez, Pedro, circa 1935-1936
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Clapp, Thaddeus, circa 1935-1936
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Clark, Adele, circa 1935-1936
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Cornelius, Charles, circa 1935-1936
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Cronbach, Robert, circa 1935-1936
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Crosby, Hildegarde, circa 1935-1936
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Curtis, Philip, circa 1935-1936
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Danysh, Joseph A., circa 1938
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Davis, Stuart, circa 1939
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Defenbacher, Daniel S., circa 1935-1936
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Diller, Burgoyne, circa 1935-1938
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Dwight, Mabel, circa 1939
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Eichenberg, Fritz, circa 1940
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Erwin, Gene, circa 1935-1936
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Evergood, Philip, circa 1938-1939
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Feitelson, Lorser, circa 1935-1936
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Floethe, Richard, circa 1935-1936
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Gellert, Hugo, circa 1935-1936
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Gershoy, Eugenie, circa 1935-1936
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Gettens, Rutherford J., circa 1935-1936
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Glassgold, C. Adolph, circa 1935-1936
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Goodwin, Jean, circa 1935-1936
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Gorky, Arshile, circa 1935-1936
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Graham, Ralph, circa 1935-1936
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Greene, Balcomb, circa 1935-1936
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Gregory, Waylande, circa 1935-1936
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Guglielmi, O. Louis, circa 1935-1936
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Haupers, Clement, circa 1935-1936
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Hayes, Vertis, circa 1935-1936
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Heiberg, Einar, circa 1939
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Hiler, Hilaire, circa 1935-1936
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Hord, Donal, circa 1935-1936
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Hunter, R. Vernon, circa 1935-1936
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Hynson, Garret, circa 1935-1936
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Jacobi, Eli, circa 1935-1936
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Jones, Lawrence A., circa 1935-1936
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Knaths, Karl, circa 1920-1936
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Knight, Frederic, circa 1932-1936
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Lamore, Chet, circa 1935-1936
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Lemmon, Warren W., circa 1935-1936
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Levine, Jack, circa 1935-1936
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Limbach, Russel T., circa 1935-1936
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Ludins, Eugene, circa 1935-1936
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MacDonald-Wright, Stanton, circa 1935-1936
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Marantz, Irving J., circa 1936-1938
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McMahon, Audrey, circa 1935-1936
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Millman, Edward, circa 1935-1936
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Morris, Carl, circa 1935-1936
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Morsell, Mary, circa 1935-1936
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Moylan, Lloyd, circa 1939
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Murray, Hester Miller, circa 1935-1936
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Newell, James Michael, circa 1935-1936
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Norman, Geoffrey, circa 1935-1936
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Ogburn, Hilda Lanier, circa 1935-1936
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Olds, Elizabeth, circa 1935-1936
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Palo-Kangas, Uno John, circa 1938
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Piccoli, Girolamo, circa 1939
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Pierce, Harold K., circa 1935-1936
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Pollak, Frances, 1936
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Quirt, Walter, circa 1935-1936
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Rackley, Mildred, circa 1935-1936
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Richardson, Antonio, circa 1939
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Rothschild, Lincoln, circa 1935-1936
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Rourke, Constance, circa 1935-1936
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Sears, Arthur W., circa 1935-1936
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Sheets, Nan, circa 1935-1936
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Siporin, Mitchell, circa 1935-1936
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Smith, Cecil, circa 1935-1936
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Smith, David, circa 1935-1936
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Smith, E. Herndon, circa 1935-1936
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Smith, Gordon M., circa 1935-1936
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Sommer, William, circa 1939
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Speck, Walter E., circa 1935-1936
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Spivak, Max, circa 1935-1936
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Stavenitz, Alexander R., circa 1935-1936
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Sutton, Harry H., circa 1939
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Swelander, Vivian, circa 1935-1936
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Thorp, George C., circa 1935-1936
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Trentham, Eugene, circa 1935-1936
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Velonis, Anthony, circa 1935-1936
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Viviano, Emmanuel, circa 1935-1936
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Von Groschwitz, Gustave, circa 1935-1936
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Warsager, Hyman, circa 1935-1936
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Weisenborn, Rudolph, circa 1935-1936
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White, Francis Robert, circa 1935-1936
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Wolff, Robert Jay, circa 1935-1936
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Wulf, Lloyd, circa 1935-1936
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Miscellaneous, circa 1935-1965
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