Registry of New Deal Art, c. 1965-1979

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Summary

Consists of records documenting the departmental activities to identify its New Deal Art collections and to document similar collections. Some records were created by the department's predecessors: Department of Painting and Sculpture and the Department of Graphic Arts) and when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts. Materials include correspondence.

Subject

  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Department of Prints and Drawings
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Department of Graphic Arts
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Registry of New Deal Art
  • National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)

Category

Series Level Description

Notes

  • To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
  • For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Chronologic and alphabetic

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1965
  • 1965-1979
  • c 1965-1979

Topic

  • Graphic arts
  • Art museums
  • Museums
  • Museum curators

Form/Genre

Manuscripts

Local number

SIA RS00363

Physical description

0.5 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings

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