Creator:

Lewitzky, Bella  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Horton, Lester, 1906-1953  Search this

Kinch, Myra  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)

37 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Apr. 21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Bella Lewitzky conducted 1965 Apr. 21, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Bella Lewitzky (1916-2004) was a dancer, associated with the Federal Dance Project.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 11 min.

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:

Dancers -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Native American dance  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.lewitz65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f7cfc7b8-723c-4bf3-b4d2-0d76a89c5bef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lewitz65