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Interviewee:
Morris, David, 1911-  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
Subject:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
63 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 10 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Use requires an appointment.
Summary:
An interview of David Morris conducted 1964 May 4, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with David Morris, 1964 May 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
David Morris (1911- ) is a artists' model, potter, and art administrator in Washington, D.C.
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:
Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews  Search this
Artists' models -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews  Search this
Potters -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12516
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213670
AAA_collcode_morris64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213670