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Oral history interviews with Robert Bruce Inverarity, 1964 Oct. 29-Nov. 4

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999  Search this
Interviewer:
Phillips, Harlan B., 1920-1979,  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
4 Sound tape reels, Sound recordings (1 hour 30 min.), 7 in.; 75 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Sound quality is poor. The conclusion of the interview was over-recorded by another interview. An interview of Audrey McMahon conducted by H. Phillips, 11/4/64 is also on this tape. An interview of Gordon M. Smith conducted by H. Phillips, 11/4/64 is also on this tape. An interview of Julius Davidson conducted by H. Phillips is also on tape 2. An interview of Lincoln Rothschild conducted by H. Phillips is also on one tape. An interview of Henry Billings conducted by H. Phillips is also on one tape. An interview of Peter Pollack conducted by H. Phillips is also on one tape.
Summary:
Interviews of Robert Bruce Inverarity conducted 1964 Oct. 29-Nov 4. by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interviews with Robert Bruce Inverarity, 1964 Oct. 29-Nov. 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Painter, lecturer, state director of the Federal Art Project; Seattle, Wash. Studied at the University of Washington, Fremont University and with Kazue Yamagishi and Mark Tobey. Exhibited in one-man shows and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Canada. Directed the Museum of International Folk Art, the Adirondack Museum, and the Philadelphia Maritime Museum. Wrote and illustrated BLOCKPRINTING AND STENCILLING and A MANUAL OF PUPPETRY.
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:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12050
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213582
AAA_collcode_invera64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213582