New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Extent:
103 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 Apr. 13-Sept. 16
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Stanton Macdonald-Wright conducted 1964 Apr. 13-Sept. 16, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Macdonald-Wright discusses his work on the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration.
Biographical / Historical:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973) was a painter from Los Angeles, Calif.
General:
Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 47 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:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
