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Oral history interview with Ilo Carey Liston, 1965 June 1

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Interviewee:
Liston, Ilo Carey, 1910-1972  Search this
Interviewer:
Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this
Subject:
Fuller, Richard E. (Richard Eugene)  Search this
Seattle Art Museum  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
18 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 35 min.
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview of Ilo Carey Liston conducted 1965 June 1, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Liston discusses the Seattle Art Museum during the Federal Art Project. He mentions Mark Tobey and Morris Graves.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ilo Carey Liston, 1965 June 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Biography Note:
Ilo Carey Liston (1910-1972) was secretary to Richard Fuller, director of the Seattle Art Museum.
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
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12749
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213637
AAA_collcode_liston65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213637