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Interviewee:
Macchiarini, Peter  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Freer, Percy, 1907-1957  Search this
Gibney, Luke, 1894-1960  Search this
Extent:
35 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 Oct. 18
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Peter Macchiarini conducted 1964 Oct. 18, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Biographical / Historical:
Peter Macchiarini (1909-2001) was a jeweler and sculptor in San Francisco, Calif.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 30 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:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.macchi64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9353e2e88-b3d7-4dcc-891a-aef3f65f252f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-macchi64