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Interviewee:
Greywacz, Kathryn Burch, b. 1893  Search this
Interviewer:
Doud, Richard Keith  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
Index of American Design  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
New Jersey State Museum  Search this
Public Works of Art Project  Search this
Baker, Mildred, 1905-  Search this
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings: (50 min.), 7 in.)
21 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 Mar. 24
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Kathryn Greywacz conducted 1964 Mar. 24, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art.
Greywacz speaks of her position as curator of the New Jersey State Museum; her work with the New Jersey Public Works of Art Project; and the Index of American Design. She recalls Mildred Baker and Ben Shahn.
Biographical / Historical:
Kathryn Burch Greywacz (b. 1893) was an art administrator from New Jersey.
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.
Restrictions:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Arts administrators -- New Jersey -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.greywa64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96d89d4b2-390a-4430-9547-5dfdb9c708b9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-greywa64