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Oral history interview with Daniel S. Defenbacher, 1965 April 16

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Interviewee:
Defenbacher, D. S. (Daniel S.), 1906-1986  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
Subject:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
46 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav file. Duration is 3 hr., 7 min.
Summary:
An interview of Daniel S. Defenbacher conducted by Mary McChesney on 1965 April 16 for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Daniel S. Defenbacher, 1965 April 16. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Use Note:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Biography Note:
Daniel S. Defenbacher (1906-1986) was an arts administrator in California.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Arts administrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12272
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213411
AAA_collcode_defenb65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213411