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Summary of oral history interview with Henry Morgenthau, 1964 November 9

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967  Search this
Interviewer:
Rubenstein, Erica Beckh, 1914-2014  Search this
Subject:
Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908-2003  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
8 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
No tape exists; Morgenthau did not wish to be recorded. Summary is from notes taken by the interviewers.
Access Note / Rights:
Use requires an appointment.
Summary:
A summary of an interview of Henry Morgenthau conducted 1964 November 9, by Erica and Lewis Rubenstein, for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Summary of oral history interview with Henry Morgenthau, 1964 November 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Henry Morgenthau (1891-1967) was a cabinet member in Roosevelt's administration in Washington, D.C.
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:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12177
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214164
AAA_collcode_morgen64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214164