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Oral history interview with Campbell Grant, 1965 June 4

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Interviewee:
Grant, Campbell, 1909-  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
California
Physical Description:
2 Sound tape reels, Sound recordings (45 min.), 5 in.; 20 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
An interview of Christine J. Abel (06/05/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape. An interview of Douglas Parshall (06/04/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of Campbell Grant conducted 1965 June 4, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Grant speaks of his background and education in California; joining the Federal Art Prject (FAP); doing watercolor painting and murals for the FAP in Santa Barbara; and his post-FAP career.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Campbell Grant, 1965 June 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Campbell Grant (1909-) is a painter and mural painter in 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
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11746
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216473
AAA_collcode_grant65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216473