| Dates: | 1936-1943, 1981 |
| Size: | .65 linear feet in 2 boxes, includes 166 photographs |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | c00177 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Transferred from Chicago Public Library, Art Section. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Works Progress Administration [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown, 1990 October. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022. |
Abstract
The collection consists of 166 photographs of artworks, furniture and design items that were produced for the Illinois Art Project which was part of the Federal Art Project (FAP) under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1943.
Biographical/Historical
The Illinois Art Project was one of the largest state “sub-projects” under the Federal Art Project (FAP), which was in turn an arm of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Illinois Art Project operated between 1935 and 1943 and employed 775 artists and administrators, of whom 62 are included in this collection. The general offices were located at 135 S. LaSalle Street. The Federal Art Gallery was located at 211 N. Michigan Avenue. In addition to direct employment of artists, the Illinois Art Project sponsored educational outreach via the Chicago Park District and Board of Education, which ran 26 art centers throughout the city, including the South Side Art Center located at 3831 South Michigan Avenue (Photographs 165 and 166).
The artists employed by the Project tended to work in one but sometimes two or more of the “units” or genre classifications. The Easel unit is defined any two-dimensional artwork produced on an easel. These works accounted for about a one third of the workforce. In fact, many of the pieces produced by the Mural unit were not technically murals at all—that is, frescoes painted into a wall’s surface plaster—but rather large-scale Easel works that were later mounted on walls. Other units were called Sculpture, Diorama, Graphics (including architectural and decorating design), Design (including furniture and décor), Poster and Photography. It is assumed that all the photos in this collection were produced by the Photography unit of the Illinois Art Project.
About one-fourth of the easel artists chose to work in their own studios. The others utilized the Project studios that consisted of large and spacious areas in which many artists worked in the company of others (Photographs 158-159).
The Federal Art Gallery (also known as the Illinois Art Project Gallery) was located at 211 N. Michigan Avenue and the first exhibition at this site opened in June, 1939. The second gallery was one of the activities developed by the South Side Community Art Center, itself another Federal Art Project program. This center, which opened in 1940, served the South Side community of Black artists who had formerly been loosely organized as the Arts and Crafts Guild.
A detailed history of the Illinois Art Project is available in George J. Mavigliano and Richard A. Lawson, The Federal Art Project in Illinois 1935-1943 (Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1990), call number: N8838 .M38 1990.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 166 photographs of artworks, furniture and design items that were produced for the Illinois Art Project which was part of the Federal Art Project (FAP) under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1943.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two Series: Series 1: Documents, 1936-1981, undated and Series 2: Photographs, 1938-1943.
Subject Headings
- Art, American -- Illinois
- Federal aid to the arts -- Illinois
- Federal Art Project -- Illinois
- Furniture designers -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Muralists -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago
- South Side Community Art Center
- United States. Works Progress Administration (Ill.)
Related Materials
- Chicago City-Wide Collection
- Chicago Park District Records. Toy Collection
- Drawing and Print Collection
- Juvenile Welfare Association Records
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Documents, 1936-1981, undated
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by title or type of material.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Blank Stationery, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | “Many Chicago Artists Employed by W.P.A.,” 1936 August |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | “The Thirties in Illinois: The Rocky Road to Recovery,” exhibit, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | “Purposes of the Federal Art Project,” [1930s] |
Series 2: Photographs, 1938-1943
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains photographs of artworks and design objects produced in the various Federal Art Project, Illinois Art Project unit classification. The units include Design (includes furniture and décor), Diorama, Easel (defined as any two-dimensional artwork produced on an easel), Graphics (includes architectural and decorating design), Mural, Poster, Photography and Sculpture. A few artists work in more than one unit.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by project unit classification, then by artist name and title or description of the creative work.
| Box 1 | Photograph 16 | Design Unit - Berkman, Bernice, tapestry, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 31 | Design Unit - [Caldwell, Ken?], drafting table, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 34 | Design Unit - Corrozzo, Alex, rug with abstract design, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 41 | Design Unit - Doty, Anna G., three-paneled screen with decorative painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 44 | Design Unit - Evertsen, Kenneth, sliding-door cabinet, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 55 | Design Unit - Hikode, end table, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 72 | Design Unit - Marzolf, Les, folding field table, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 84 | Design Unit - Niederkorn, Lem W., plastic chair, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photographs 85-86 | Design Unit - Niederkorn, Lem W., plexiglass chair (2 photographs), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photographs 87-88 | Design Unit - Niederkorn, Lem W., wood chair (2 photographs), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 143 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, armchair, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 142 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, bookshelves and chairs, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 146 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, chest of drawers, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 151 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, children’s table and chairs with dishes (2 copies), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 140 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, plate and cups, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 141 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, pot with design of giraffes, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 144 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, side chair, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 145 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, side chair (upholstered), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 148 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, sofa, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 149 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, table, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 150 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, table and chairs, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 147 | Design Unit - Unidentified artist, teacher’s desk, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 122 | Design Unit - Vestal, Don, chair, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 123 | Design Unit - Vestal, Don, chairs and table, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 124 | Design Unit - Vestal, Don, magazine rack, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 125 | Design Unit - Vestal, Don, Palos Park desk, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 126 | Design Unit - Vestal, Don, tables and benches, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 127 | Design Unit - Vestal, Don, wooden fruit, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 133 | Design Unit - Winters, John Richard, bird house and feeder, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 134 | Design Unit - Winters, John Richard, children’s chair, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 135 | Design Unit - Winters, John Richard, moveable book rack, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 136 | Design Unit - Winters, John Richard, rooster and weathervane, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 137 | Design Unit - Wolf, Viola, design for living room/lounge, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 139 | Diorama Unit - Unidentified artist, U.S. Air Force Recruitment [Technicians Support the Wings], diorama, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 130 | Diorama Unit - Weisenborn, Rudolph, Fight Against Soil Erosion, diorama [detail], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 5 | Easel Unit - Bekker, David, Corner 34th Street, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 6 | Easel Unit - Bekker, David, Immortality-Wisdom, painting, [Chicago Park District?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 7 | Easel Unit - Bekker, David, Wake, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 8 | Easel Unit - Beman, Rolf, Grey Day, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 9 | Easel Unit - Beman, Rolf, My Room, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 10 | Easel Unit - Beman, Rolf, Out the Window, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 17 | Easel Unit - Berkman, Bernice, Municipal Bathing, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 18 | Easel Unit - Biesel, C., Old German Building, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 19 | Easel Unit - Bohrod, Aaron, Arkansas Home, painting, exhibited by Rockford Art Association, Rockford, Illinois, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 20 | Easel Unit - Bohrod, Aaron, Landscape in Winter, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 21 | Easel Unit - Bohrod, Aaron, Under theElevated, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 22 | Easel Unit - Breinin, Raymond, The Bridge, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 23 | Easel Unit - Breinin, Raymond, Fantastique, watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 24 | Easel Unit - Breinin, Raymond, Interior with Chair, watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 25 | Easel Unit - Breinin, Raymond, Landscape with Horses, painting, exhibited at Art Institute in “Art for the Public” show, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 26 | Easel Unit - Breinin, Raymond, Lunch Hour, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photographs 27-30 | Easel Unit - Britton, Edgar, Evolution of Mankind, mural detail views, Lane Technical High School (4 photographs), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 32 | Easel Unit - Cater, William, Tete-a-Tete, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 38 | Easel Unit - DeDiego, Julio, Balloons, Balloons for the City of Confidence painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 39 | Easel Unit - DeDiego, Julio, Untitled [pier with buckets and anchors], watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 42 | Easel Unit - Dyer, Briggs, Winter Landscape, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 43 | Easel Unit - Ellison, Walter, Untitled [cityscape], painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 46 | Easel Unit - Hackett, Malcolm, [Farm near Galena?], watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 47 | Easel Unit - Hackett, Malcolm, [Tugboat and Pier], watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 50 | Easel Unit - Hendricksen, Ralph [Ralf], At the Theater, oil painting, exhibited by Rockford Art Association, Rockford, Illinois, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 56 | Easel Unit - Hoyer, Thorvald Arnst, Green Meadows, painting on easel, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 57 | Easel Unit - Jacobson, Emmanuel, Drama, watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 60 | Easel Unit - Kahn, Max, Anne, lithograph [see also Drawing and Print Collection, Print 90.4.3], 1938 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 61 | Easel Unit - Kahn, Max, Horse Show, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 62 | Easel Unit - Kahn, Max, Young Girl, lithograph, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 63 | Easel Unit - Kauffman, Camille A., The Ballet, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 64 | Easel Unit - Kauffman, Camille A., Life of Luther Burbank, mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 66 | Easel Unit - Kelpe, Karl, Typical Products of Southern Illinois, mural, Southern Illinois University, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 67 | Easel Unit - Krebs, Kenneth, Madame Bovet, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 74 | Easel Unit - Millman, Edward, Deserted Well, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 75 | Easel Unit - Millman, Edward, Windswept Barn, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 94 | Easel Unit - Pougalis, Constantine, Girl with Fruits, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 96 | Easel Unit - Schucker, Charles L., Park Prophet, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 97 | Easel Unit - Schwartz, William S., Village Park, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 98 | Easel Unit - Schwartz, William S., Untitled [landscape], painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 99 | Easel Unit - Simon, Henry, Miners, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 102 | Easel Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, Factory Ruins, Back O’ the Yards Series: Old Brewery, watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 103 | Easel Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, Polish Family on Prairie, Back O’ the Yards Series, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 104 | Easel Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, Coal Pickers, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 105 | Easel Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, Family Portrait, lithograph, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 106 | Easel Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, Mother and Child, [painting?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 107 | Easel Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, Prairie Poets, [painting?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 118 | Easel Unit - Ursulescu, Michael, Genevieve and Suki, painting, exhibited by Rockford Art Association, Rockford, Illinois, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 119 | Easel Unit - Vavak, Joseph, Dispossessed, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 120 | Easel Unit - Vavak, Joseph, Intolerance, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 121 | Easel Unit - Vavak, Joseph, Still Life, painting, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 131 | Easel Unit - Weisenborn, Rudolph, Untitled, [painting?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 160 | Exhibition - Federal Art Gallery, 211 N. Michigan Avenue, exterior, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 161-164 | Exhibition - Federal Art Gallery, 211 N. Michigan Avenue, interior (4 photographs), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 165 | Exhibition - South Side Art Center, lecture with John Walley, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 166 | Exhibition - South Side Art Center, unidentified group of women, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 4 | Graphics Unit - Baumstein, Sidney, conference and lounge room plans for University of Illinois (Urbana) New Agriculture Building, 4th Floor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 90 | Graphics Unit - Overholt, Claire, design for Teachers’ Lounge, pen and ink drawing, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 1 | Mural Unit - Badger, Frances, untitled mural [children playing], Cook County Hospital, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 3 | Mural Unit - Badger, Frances, untitled mural with artist at work [outdoor landscape with figures], Cook County Juvenile Department, Girls’ Lunchroom, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 2 | Mural Unit - Badger, Frances, untitled mural [rural scene], Cook County Hospital, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 11 | Mural Unit - Bennett, Rainey, Apple Harvest & Farm Animals, mural, University of Illinois Medical Unit, Crippled Boys’ Ward, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 12 | Mural Unit - Bennett, Rainey, Divers & Fanciful Fish, mural, University of Illinois Medical Unit, Crippled Boys’ Ward, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 13 | Mural Unit - Bennett, Rainey, Garden Entrance, watercolor, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 15 | Mural Unit - Bennett, Rainey, Rip Van Winkle, mural in progress, artist with assistant Clifton Morrison, University of Illinois Medical Unit, Crippled Boys’ Ward, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 14 | Mural Unit - Bennett, Rainey, view of ward with patients and murals Knights in Tournament and Rip Van Winkle, University of Illinois Medical Unit, Crippled Boys’ Ward, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 33 | Mural Unit - Coan, Francis, The Children’s World, mural section, Hild Branch Library [Sulzer Regional Library], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 157 | Mural Unit - Cook County Hospital installation with mural by Edwin Boyd Johnson, ceramic counter by John Winters and fountain sculpture by Charles Umlauf [See also Photographs 116-117], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 35 | Mural Unit - Dalstrom, Gustaf, Rural Landscape, mural, Laurel School, Wilmette, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 36 | Mural Unit - Dalstrom, Gustaf, Pastoral Scene, mural, Manteno State Hospital, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 37 | Mural Unit - Dalstrom, Gustaf, [Winter-Spring-Summer], 3 murals in progress with artist and assistants, [Manley High School?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 48 | Mural Unit - Hauge, Mary Chambers, untitled mural [children raking leaves], Perry School, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 49 | Mural Unit - Hauge, Mary Chambers, Winter, mural, Dixon School Auditorium, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 51 | Mural Unit - Hendricksen, Ralph [Ralf], Induction of a Recruit, mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 52 | Mural Unit - Hendricksen, Ralph [Ralf], Induction of a Recruit, mural in progress with artist, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 53 | Mural Unit - Hendricksen, Ralph [Ralf], Water/Earth, murals, Gorton Elementary, Lake Forest, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 54 | Mural Unit - Hendricksen, Ralph [Ralf], Fire/Air, murals, Gorton Elementary, Lake Forest, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 58 | Mural Unit - Jacobson, Emmanuel, Early History of Oak Park, mural in progress with artist, Horace Mann School, Oak Park, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 59 | Mural Unit - Jacobson, Emmanuel, Landing of the Pilgrims, mural, J.H. Freeman School, West Aurora, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 65 | Mural Unit - Kelpe, Karl, Early Farmers and Pioneers, mural [detail], Hawthorne School, Oak Park (now Percy Julian School), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 68 | Mural Unit - Lidov, Arthur, [Abraham Lincoln], 2 painting panels, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 69 | Mural Unit - Lidov, Arthur, Founding of Hyde Park, [mural?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photographs 70.1-2 | Mural Unit - Lidov, Arthur, [mural sketch?] in two parts, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 73 | Mural Unit - Michalov, Ann, untitled mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photographs 76-81 | Mural Unit - Millman, Edward, Women’s Contribution to American Progress, mural details and sketch, Lucy Flower [Technical] High School (6 photographs), circa 1938-1940 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 82 | Mural Unit - Murray, Hester Miller, World of Children, 4 mural panels prior to installation, Irving School, Oak Park, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 83 | Mural Unit - Murray, Hester Miller, World of Children, mural installed on staircase, Irving School, Oak Park, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 89 | Mural Unit - O’Brien, Catherine, Work and Play, view of mural in lunchroom with students, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 93 | Mural Unit - Pollock, Merlin F., Industry [steel mill scene], mural, Tilden Technical High School, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 100 | Mural Unit - Simon, Herny, Oranges [orchard workers], mural, Cook County Hospital, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 101 | Mural Unit - Simon, Henry, With Malice Toward None... [Abraham Lincoln], [mural?], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 108 | Mural Unit - Siporin, Mitchell, The Teaching of Art, mural, Lane Tech High School, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 109 | Mural Unit - Spears, Ethel, Park, silk screen mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 110 | Mural Unit - Spears, Ethel, view of ward 4 mural panels, University of Illinois Medical Unit, Girls’ Ward, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 111 | Mural Unit - Spears, Ethel, The Snow Queen, 4 mural panels, Hans Christian Anderson Field House, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 112 | Mural Unit - Topchevsky, Alex, characters from children’s literature, mural, O’Toole School Library, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 113 | Mural Unit - Topchevsky, Morris, American’s Children’s Studies [North American Children Working], mural, Holmes School, Oak Park, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 114 | Mural Unit - Topchevsky, Morris, Radio, painting, Abraham Lincoln Center, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 115 | Mural Unit - Topchevsky, Morris, Wheel, painting, Abraham Lincoln Center, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 153 | Mural Unit - Unidentified artist, [animals of foreign countries], mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 154 | Mural Unit - Unidentified artist, [Java], mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 152 | Mural Unit - Unidentified artist, [Native Americans], mural, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 129 | Mural Unit - Waltrip, Mildred, History of Aviation, mural, [Scott Air Force Base], circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 132 | Mural Unit - White, Charles W., untitled mural, [Chicago Public Library, Hall Branch?] circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 155 | Poster Unit - Unidentified artist, Freedom, Not Concentration, poster, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 40 | Sculpture Unit - Delson, Robert, directional marker with bear, sculpture, Brookfield Zoo, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 45 | Sculpture Unit - Gilbertson, Warren, Doe, carved stone finial, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 71 | Sculpture Unit - Loeb, Sidney, [Abraham Lincoln], sculpture, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 158 | Sculpture Unit - Loeb, Sidney, studio view with sculpture work in progress, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 159 | Sculpture Unit - [Loeb, Sidney?], studio view with sculpture work on sailboat in progress, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 91 | Sculpture Unit - Pain, Louise Carolyn, Mona Brown Memorial [Auditorium] ceramic panel, 1937 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 92 | Sculpture Unit - Pain, Louise Carolyn, Untitled [girls chased by boy with snake], ceramic panel, circa 1937-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photograph 95 | Sculpture Unit - Schoolcraft, Freeman, [Native American man and woman], sculptures, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 1 | Photographs 116-117 | Sculpture Unit - Umlauf, Charles, [fountain with woman and three children], cast concrete sculpture, Cook County Hospital (2 photographs), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 138 | Sculpture Unit - Unidentified artist, [American eagles], sculpture, Illinois National Guard Armories, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 156 | Sculpture Unit - Unidentified artist, [seated woman], sculpture, circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 2 | Photograph 128 | Sculpture Unit - Viviano, Emmanuel, sculpture, circa 1938-1943 |
