Interviewee:

Mayer, Ralph, 1895-1979  Search this

Mayer, Bena Frank, 1898-1991  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

circa 1964

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ralph and Bena Frank Mayer conducted circa 1964, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Bena Frank Mayer (1898-1991) and her husband, Ralph (1895-1979) were painters and educators in New York, N.Y. Bena Frank Mayer was also a printmaker.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 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

Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.mayer64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a23e29e8-1c5e-43b7-b4b6-b94f4bd7aedb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mayer64