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Summary of oral history interview with Paul Reno interview, 1965 June 14

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Reno, Paul  Search this
Interviewer:
Doud, Richard Keith  Search this
Subject:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
3 Pages, Transcript
Access Note / Rights:
Use requires an appointment.
Summary:
A summary by Richard Doud of an interview conducted 1965 June 14, with Paul Reno, for the Archives of American Art. Reno discusses the Works Progress Administration; his teaching job with the Federal Art Project at Union Settlement in New York; a job as a WPA art instructor at Bellevue Hospital; and his being grateful for the WPA Project.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Summary of oral history interview with Paul Reno interview, 1965 June 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Originals:
No tape at the request of interviewee.
Biography Note:
Paul Reno was an art instructor in New York, New York.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
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)13300
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214158
AAA_collcode_reno65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214158