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Oral history interview with Maulina (Molly) Dennett Pendergast

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Interviewee:
Pendergast, Maulina Dennett, 1905-2002  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Extent:
29 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 Oct. 25
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Maulina Dennett Pendergast conducted 1964 Oct. 25, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical:
Maulina Dennett Pendergast (1905-2002) was an artist in Sacramento, Calif. Also known as Molly Dennett Pendergast.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 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.
Occupation:
Artists -- California -- Sacramento  Search this
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.pender64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f54f4c77-78ee-4a59-8711-7f02b4eea84b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-pender64