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Oral history interview with Peter Lowe, 1965 Mar. 3

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Interviewee:
Lowe, Peter, 1913-1989  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
Subject:
McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008  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:
23 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 51 min.
Summary:
An interview of Peter Lowe conducted 1965 Mar. 3, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Peter Lowe, 1965 Mar. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Use Note:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Biography Note:
Peter Lowe (1913-1989) was a painter and graphic artist from Oakland, Calif.
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
Painters -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews  Search this
Printmakers -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13304
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213640
AAA_collcode_lowe65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213640