New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Names:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Extent:
46 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 April 12-23
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Shirley Statchen Triest conducted by Mary Fuller McChesney at the artist's home in Sebastopol, California, 1964 April 12-23, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Biographical / Historical:
Shirley Staschen Triest (1914- ) is an illustrator and educator from Woodacre, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 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:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
