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| Title | Depression era art: Tennessee post office murals, 1938-1994 |
| Author | Hillenmeyer, Marianne Bevil |
| Date | 1995 |
| Coverage |
1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 20th century |
| Publisher | Middle Tennessee State University |
| Place of Publication | Murfreesboro, TN |
| Description | A history thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts |
| Abstract | During the New Deal period, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as part of unemployment relief, gave thousands of American artists commissions to paint murals in post offices across the country. These paintings present an interesting preservation problem. Because of their location, murals have experienced various stages of deterioration due to pollution and decay over the last fifty years. The security of these paintings is questionable and some have been lost and destroyed due to lack of preservation planning. These paintings are valuable assets of American cultural history and deserve proper care. They are the first artifacts of a government aware of the need for Americans to be exposed to art and each scene tells a story about the American government, the American art world, and the public that received them half a century ago... |
| Physical Description | ix, 131 leaves : typed ; 28 cm |
| Series | History Department, M.T.S.U. |
| Subject-LCSH |
Mural paintings and decoration -- 20th century -- Tennessee Post office buildings -- Tennessee |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Genre | Thesis |
| Medium | Paper |
| Extent | 144 p |
| Language | eng |
| Copyright Status | Copyright protected. Reproduced with permission of the author. |
| Conditions for use | Copyright maintained by author. Academic and personal use only. |
| Contributing Institution | James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Digital Publisher | Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Source file | ht_hillenmeyer.pdf |
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| Title | ht_hillenmeyer 1 |
