Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Belisario Contreras Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-486
Abstract
Photographs concerning government-sponsored art during the Depression era that were supported by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and related organizations. Focuses on works of art, artists, art centers, art education, governmental officials, and politicians involved in these public art projects.
Dates:
1930-1942
Belisario R. Contreras Papers on New Deal Art
Collection
Identifier: MSS-486-BC
Scope and Content
The collection contains the material for Belisario Contreras' book Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art, London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1983. The collection consists of documents on the New Deal art programs of the Roosevelt administration during the 1930's and 1940's. It includes the official correspondence of Edward Bruce, Holger Cahill, and Forbes Watson, books and articles on New Deal art and the federal...
Dates:
1860-1976; Majority of material found in 1933-1942