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Interviewee:
Triest, Shirley Staschen, 1914-  Search this
Interviewer:
McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this
Subject:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
California
Physical Description:
46 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 11 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of Shirley Statchen Triest conducted by Mary Fuller McChesney at the artist's home in Sebastopol, California, 1964 April 12-23, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Shirley Staschen Triest, 1964 April 12-23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/triest64.htm
Biography Note:
Shirley Staschen Triest (1914- ) is an illustrator and educator from Woodacre, California.
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
Illustrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13257
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213953
AAA_collcode_triest64
Theme:
New Deal
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213953