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Oral history interview with James Couper Wright, 1965 June 11

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Wright, James Couper, 1906-1969  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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:
2 Sound tape reels, Sound recordings, 5 in.; 17 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 39 min.
Summary:
An interview of James Couper Wright conducted 1965 June 11, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with James Couper Wright, 1965 June 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
James Couper Wright was a painter and stained glass maker from Pasadena, 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
Painters -- California -- Pasadena -- Interviews  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Theme:
Craft  Search this
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12041
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213981
AAA_collcode_wright65
Theme:
Craft
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213981