Archives of American Art

A Finding Aid to the Dorothy Hay Jensen Papers, 1933-1991, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.jensdoro
Creators:
Jensen, Dorothy Hay, 1910-
Dates:
1933-1991
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Repository:
The papers of arts administrator Dorothy Hay Jensen measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1933 to 1991. Relating to Jensen's work as supervisor of the WPA art projects in Maine and her work on the Index of American Design is a sketch, correspondence, a notebook and notes, photographs, and printed material.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The papers of arts administrator Dorothy Hay Jensen measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1933 to 1991. Relating to Jensen's work as supervisor of the WPA art projects in Maine and her work on the Index of American Design is a sketch, correspondence, a notebook and notes, photographs, and printed material.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Maine arts administrator and printmaker Dorothy Hay Jensen (1910-1999) was a supervisor for the Federal Art Project in Maine from 1936 to 1941. Her work focused on The Index of American Design, a research division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, which produced classifications and approximately 20,000 reproductions, in photographs and original drawings, of a wide variety of American art, including paintings, sculpture, handicrafts and folk art.

Administration

Author
Jayna M. Josefson
Sponsor
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1992 by Dorothy Hay Jensen.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Preferred Citation
Dorothy Hay Jensen papers, 1933-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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