Archives of American Art
Audrey McMahon papers
McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981
AAA.mcmaaudr
Archival Resource Key
0.4 Linear feet
1935-1980
The scattered papers of Audrey McMahon measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1935 through 1980. Found are correspondence, writings, notes and research files, and printed material assembled mainly during the late 1960s while assisting Francis V. O'Connor complete Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now (1969) and The New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs (1970) and, to a lesser degree, miscellaneous files relating to McMahon's activities as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey . Included are photocopies of original correspondence (1935-41) between McMahon and Holger Cahill and Brehon Somervell, held by the National Archives.
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Biographical Note
Audrey McMahon served under Holger Cahill as Regional Director for the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey from 1935 to 1939. She died at age 87 in 1981.
Scope and Content Note
The scattered papers of Audrey McMahon measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1935 through 1980. Found are correspondence, writings, notes and research files, and printed material assembled mainly during the late 1960s while assisting Francis V. O'Connor complete Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now (1969) and The New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs (1970) and, to a lesser degree, miscellaneous files relating to McMahon's activities as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey . Included are photocopies of original correspondence (1935-41) between McMahon and Holger Cahill and Brehon Somervell, held by the National Archives.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as one series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Audrey McMahon's Papers, 1935-1980 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)
Related Material
The bulk of Audrey McMahon's papers reside in the National Archives, together with the records of the WPA Federal Artist Project files. The Archives of American Art holds a 1964 interview with McMahon done by Harlan Phillips as part of the Archives New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
Provenance
The Audrey McMahon papers were donated to the Archives in 1997 by Geraldine Rhoads, executor of McMahon's estate. The collection includes photocopies of papers most likely held by the National Archives.
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Preferred Citation
Audrey McMahon papers, 1935-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The papers were processed to a preliminary level in 2003 by a volunteer in the AAA New York Regional Office.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Art and state
Federal aid to the arts
Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
United States. Works Progress Administration
Federal Art Project (N.J.)
Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
O'Connor, Francis V.
Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955
Audrey McMahon's Papers
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
0.4 Linear feet
Box 1
1935-1980
Resume
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undated
1
1
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1938-1976, undated
1
2-4
Miscellaneous Writings, Manuscripts, and Research Notes by McMahon Regarding the WPA Federal Art Project in New York and New Jersey
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
5-8
WPA, New York By-Laws, Lists, Reports, and Miscellany
Archival Resource Key
circa 1935, 1937, undated
1
9
Incomplete Manuscript by Holger Cahill (Record of Program Operation and Accomplishment)
Archival Resource Key
1943
1
10
Francis O'Connor Research Project Notes
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1968, undated
1
11-12
Printed Material (Catalogs, Monographs, and Clippings)
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1938-1980
1
13-16