New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1 Item, 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 32 min; 16 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
An interview of Dewey Albinson (10/27/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on this tape.
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview of Alonzo Hauser conducted 1965 Oct. 12, by Virginia Nagle, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Hauser speaks of his involvement with the Public Works of Art Project cleaning monuments in New York; making wood carvings for a post office in Minnesota under the Federal Art Project; designing sculptures for housing projects; and teaching sculpture.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Alonzo Hauser, 1965 Oct. 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Biography Note:
Alonzo Hauser (1909-1988) was a painter and sculptor from Mesilla Park, N.M.
Language Note:
English .
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
