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Oral history interview with Jay Du Von, 1963 November 7

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Interviewee:
Du Von, Jay  Search this
Interviewer:
Phillips, Harlan B., 1920-1979,  Search this
Subject:
Federal Writers' Project  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
32 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 51 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of Jay Du Von conducted by Harlan Phillips on 1963 November 7 for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jay Du Von, 1963 November 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/duvon63.htm
Biography Note:
Jay Du Von was and administrator for the Federal Writers' Project.
Language Note:
English .
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13158
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213438
AAA_collcode_duvon63
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213438