TRAP: Competitions for Murals in Ohio Post Offices, 1934-1940

This section documents William Milliken's work for federal art programs of the New Deal. It is arranged primarily by program--either the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) or the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)--and then by subject and date. Included in the files are correspondence with artists and administrators in Columbus and Washington, D.C., pamphlets, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, ledgers, and photographs of art works. Of particular interest is Milliken's journal of his work for the PWAP, found in the folder titled "Cleveland Artists and their Projects" in box 54. Arranged by artists' names, it provides titles and descriptions of projects assigned, as well as a daily journal of progress for each project. Also, all of the files pertaining to TRAP projects planned for post offices in Ohio and Illinois (in boxes 55-56) contained blueprints that have since been removed to oversize storage but are available to researchers.

Most of the records documenting federal art programs in Ohio and the Midwest are housed in the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

For more information about William Milliken's work for federal art programs of the New Deal, see Karal Ann Marling's article cited in the bibliography.