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Oral history interview with Dorothy Cravath

Creator:: Cravath, Dorothy, 1901-1974 Search this; New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this

Names:: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this; University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts Search this; Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 Search this

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Pages; Sound recordings; Interviews

Scope and Contents:: An interview with Dorothy Cravath conducted 1964 May 13 and May 27, by Minette Martin for the Archives of American Art. Interview conducted at the home of Leota Molten in Berkeley, California. Cravath speaks of her youth and art education at the California School of Fine Arts; painting murals for the Federal Art Project; and restoring the murals at Coit Tower. She recalls Diego Rivera and discusses his influence on muralists.

Biographical / Historical:: Dorothy Cravath (1901-1974) was a mural painter in San Francisco, California.

General:: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 55 min.

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.

Restrictions:: Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.; This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:: Federal aid to the arts Search this; Mural painting and decoration Search this; Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.) Search this; Women artists Search this; Women painters Search this

Sponsor:: This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.