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Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
26 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 29 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Summary:
An interview of Olive Rush conducted 1963 November 13, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.
Rush speaks of her family background and youth; her education at the Corcoran School of Art; her involvement with the Federal Art Project; working on murals for public buildings in Santa Fe and the southwest; and the public's perception of the Federal Art Project and its administration.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Olive Rush, 1963 November 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3419 (fr. 746-801) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Olive Rush (1873-1966) was a painter and muralist in Santa Fe, 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
