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Oral history interview with Jean Holmes, 1965 Apr. 12

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Interviewee:
Holmes, Jean, 1910-  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (Calif.)  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:
1 Sound tape reel, Sound recordings: (45 min.), 5 in.; 12 Pages, Transcript
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview of Jean Holmes conducted by Mary McChesney on 1965 Apr. 12 for the Archives of American Art.
Holmes speaks of her involvement with the San Francisco Federal Art Project and her lithography work with the Project.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jean Holmes, 1965 Apr. 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Biography Note:
Painter, printmaker; California.
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
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women printmakers  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11745
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213571
AAA_collcode_holmes65
Theme:
New Deal
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213571