Hi,

I ran across a Smithsonian Institute interview from 1966 on the internet. It was with a lady from Louisville named Adele Brandeis. She was somehow involved with the WPA art project in KY during the 30's-40's. In this article, she mentions that Orville Carroll painted a mural "down in Columbia". Generally these murals were painted in PO's.

I have spoken with someone at the Columbia post office and he said that there was never a mural in the old PO as far as he knew. Do ya'll know of a mural anywhere in Columbia that might be the one mentioned in the interview? Is there another business in the old PO that I might be able to contact? Is the high school,library, etc from the 1930-40's era? There may not be a mural, but seems that if it were not painted, the lady would have known about it 30 years later.

Jimmy S Emerson DVM
Dalton Animal Care
Dalton, GA
706-278-1113; 706-279-1933

I realize that this is 7 years later, but in case you are still wanting information on your article posted here: LOCAL HISTORY: Does anyone have information on WPA murals here? Adele Brandeis was referring to a post office in Columbia Kentucky, not Georgia. Scott Campbell, Technical Services Librarian, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library, University of Louisville, KY 40292. scott.campbell@louisville.edu. 502-852-6074.