New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
24 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 8 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Summary:
An interview of Frederick John Whiteman conducted by Dorothy Seckler on 1965 April 21 for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Frederick J. Whiteman, 1965 April 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4211 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Frederick J. Whiteman (1909-1997) was a painter and art administrator in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this