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Interviewee:
Traher, William Henry, 1908-1984  Search this
Interviewer:
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this
Subject:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
22 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 1 min. Sound quality is poor.
Summary:
An interview of William Henry Traher conducted 1964 November 13, by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Henry Traher, 1964 November 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
William Henry Traher (1908-1984) was a painter and muralist in Denver, Colorado.
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
Mural painting and decoration -- United States  Search this
Muralists -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13101
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213952
AAA_collcode_traher64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213952