Interviewee:

Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Sound recording: 1 sound file, digital, wav file)

12 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Sept. 16

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Boardman Howard conducted 1964 Sept. 16 by Mary McChesney.

Howard speaks of his background and education; his early paintings and sculptures; his involvement with the Federal Art Project in San Francisco; Coit Tower; and his opinions of federal support for the arts.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Boardman Howard (1896-1983) was a sculptor from San Francisco, Calif.

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.

Topic:

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.howard64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95d1b6132-f861-4854-bb91-00cfdcabf590

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-howard64