Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects.

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The Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects, founded in 1941 by Aline Davis Hays, The Hon. Stanley M. Isaacs, and Samuel L. M. Barlow in New York City, sought to assemble public support for the preservation of Federal Art Projects (WPA) and a permanent extension of government support for painting and sculpture, music, drama, dance, letters, graphic arts and photography.

From the guide to the Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects records, 1941, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)

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