University Library Murals
1938-1942
(UA 17/22)
Size: 1 box
History:
The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program in 1935. It was designed to provide relief for the nation's unemployed through public work programs and was responsible for employing an average of 2.1 million people a year from 1935 to 1941. Three New Hampshire artists were hire to paint a series of murals for the University Library. These murals were painted under direction of Omer T. Lassonde, State Supervisor of the New Hampshire WPA Art Project. Today, the one remaining mural is in Room 141 of Hamilton-Smith Hall.
Scope and Content:
This series contains descriptions of the murals written by the artists and photographs of the murals.
| F. 1 | Correspondence, 1938-42 |
| F. 2 | Information on Newspaper Room murals by Gladys Brannigan |
| F. 3 | Photographs: Newspaper Room murals |
| F. 4 | Information on Reference Room murals by Arthur Esner |
| F. 5 | Photographs: Reference Room murals |
| F. 6 | Information on "Farming in New Hampshire" murals by George Lloyd |
| F. 7 | Photographs: "Farming in New Hampshire" murals |
| F. 8 | newspaper clippings |