Overview
Collection Information
Size: 11 Items, (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Miscellaneous correspondence of Walter Heil, regional director of PWAP, 1934; form letters from Edward Bruce, national director; and a typescript reminiscence of the PWAP and a letter from Ray Strong addressed to Mary McChesney and dated 1964.[Microfilm title, "Ray Strong"]
Biographical/Historical Note
Federally funded art project of the Treasury Department initiated in order to provide jobs for unemployed artists during the Depression. Under the PWAP the country was divided into 16 regions each of which had its own director who answered to the national director in Washington, D.C. The PWAP was succeeded by the Section of Painting and Sculpture, which subsequently became the Section of Fine Arts.
Provenance
Lent for microfilming 1964 by the M.H. De Young Museum.
Language Note
English .
Location of Originals
- Originals returned to the M.H. De Young Museum after microfilming.