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Interviewee:

Cravath, Ruth, 1902-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Subject:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ruth Cravath, 1965 September 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12345

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214086

AAA_collcode_cravat65

Theme:

Women

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214086

Creator:

California Art Research Project  Search this

Names:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Abdy, Rowena Meeks, b. 1887  Search this

Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949  Search this

Albright, Gertrude Partington, 1883-1959  Search this

Albright, Hermann Oliver, 1876-1944  Search this

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Atkins, Arthur, 1873-1899  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham, 1880-1951  Search this

Bergman, Frank  Search this

Berlandina, Jane, 1898-1962  Search this

Bethers, Ray, 1902-  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Boynton, Ray Scepter, 1883-1951  Search this

Bremer, Anne, 1872-1923  Search this

Breuer, Henry Joseph, 1860-1932  Search this

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970  Search this

Cadenasso, Giuseppe, 1858-1918  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Chin, Chee, b. 1896  Search this

Cravath, Ruth, 1902-1986  Search this

Cummings, M. Earl, b. 1876  Search this

Cuneo, Rinaldo, 1877-1939  Search this

Dickman, Charles John, 1863-1943  Search this

Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946  Search this

Forbes, Helen, 1891-1945  Search this

Fortune, Ephemia Charlton, 1885-1969  Search this

Gaw, William A. (1891-1973)  Search this

Grant, Charles Henry, 1866-1939  Search this

Hailey, Gene  Search this

Hamlin, Edith  Search this

Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957  Search this

Hansen, Herman W., 1854-1924  Search this

Hesthal, William, 1908-  Search this

Hill, Thomas, 1829-1908  Search this

Hobart, Clark, b. 1880?  Search this

Howard, Charles, 1899-1978  Search this

Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931  Search this

Howard, John Langley, 1902-  Search this

Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983  Search this

Jorgensen, Christian, 1860-1935  Search this

Joullin, Amedee, 1862-1917  Search this

Keith, William, 1838-1911  Search this

Kent, Adaline Dutton, 1900-1957  Search this

Kingman, Dong, 1911-2000  Search this

Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943  Search this

Mackey, Spencer, 1880-1958  Search this

Macky, Constance L., b. 1883  Search this

Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943  Search this

Mathews, Arthur Frank, 1860-1945  Search this

McComas, Francis John, 1874-1938  Search this

Mora, Joseph Jacinto, 1876-1947  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Nahl, Arthur Charles, b. 1878  Search this

Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878  Search this

Nahl, Hugo Wilhelm Arthur, 1833-1889  Search this

Nahl, Perham Wilhelm, 1869-1935  Search this

Nahl, Virgil Theodore, 1876-1930  Search this

Obata, Chiura  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Peixotto, Ernest, b. 1869  Search this

Peters, Charles Rollo, 1862-1928  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Pommer, Julius, 1895?-1945  Search this

Poole, Horatio Nelson, b. 1883  Search this

Post, George, 1906-1997  Search this

Puccinelli, Dorothy Wagner, 1901-  Search this

Puccinelli, Raimondo, 1904-  Search this

Putnam, Arthur, 1873-1930  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Raphael, Joseph, 1869-1950  Search this

Rexroth, André, Mrs., 1902-  Search this

Richardson, Mary Curtis, 1848-1931  Search this

Rix, Julian  Search this

Robinson, Charles Dorman, 1847-1933  Search this

Rosenthal, Toby Edward, ca. 1848-1917  Search this

Sandona, Matteo, b. 1883  Search this

Sargeant, Geneve Rixford, 1868-1957  Search this

Scherbakoff, Sergey John, b. 1894  Search this

Schnier, Jacques, 1898-1988  Search this

Sekido, Yoshida, b. 1894  Search this

Sheridan, Joseph Marsh, b. 1897  Search this

Sparks, Will, 1862-1937  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973  Search this

Tavernier, Jules, 1844-1889  Search this

Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935  Search this

Tojetti, Domenico, 1807-1892  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938  Search this

Welch, Thaddeus, 1844-1919  Search this

Williams, Virgil Macey, 1830-1886  Search this

Withrow, Evelyn Almond, 1858-1928  Search this

Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

20 Volumes ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

Date:

1936-1937

Scope and Contents:

Twenty volumes of the publication, CALIFORNIA ART RESEARCH, containing monographs on artists whose principal residence was San Francisco.

REEL NDA/Cal 1: Artists include Robert Aitken, Arthur Atkins, Albert Bierstadt, Ray Boynton, Anne Bremer, Henry J. Breuer, Giuseppe Cadenasso, Emil Carlsen, M. Earl Cummings, Rinaldo Cuneo, Charles Dickman, Maynard Dixon, Charles Grant, Armin Hansen, H. W. Hansen, Thomas Hill, Christian Jorgensen, Amedee Joullin, William Keith, Constance Macky, Xavier Martinez, Arthur Mathews, Francis McComas, Arthur C. Nahl, Charles C. Nahl, Hugo W. A. Nahl, Perham W. Nahl, Virgil T. Nahl, Ernest Peixotto, Charles R. Peters, Gottardo Piazzoni, Horatio Nelson Poole, Arthur Putnam, Joseph Raphael, Mary C. Richardson, Julian Rix, Charles D. Robinson, Toby Rosenthal, Will Sparks,Jules Tavernier, Douglas Tilden, Domenico Tojetti, Frank Van Sloun, Thaddeus Welch, Virgil Williams, Evelyn A. Withrow, and Theodore Wores.

REEL NDA/Cal 2: Artists include Rowena M. Abdy, Gertrude Albright, Hermann O. Albright, Maxine Albro, Victor Arnautoff, Matthew R. Barne s, Frank Bergman, Jane Berlandina, Ray Bethers, Beniamino Bufano, Margaret Bruton, Chee Chin, Ruth Cravath, Helen Forbes, Euphemia C. Fortune, William Gaw, Edith Hamlin, William Hesthal, Clark Hobart, Charles Howard, John G. Howard, John L. Howard, Robert Boardman Howard, Adaline Kent, Dong Kingman, Lucien Labaudt, Spencer Mackey, Jo Mora, Jose Moya del Pino, Chiura Obata, Otis Oldfield, Julius Pommer, George B. Post, Dorothy W. Puccinelli, Raimondo Puccinelli, Lee F. Randolph, Andree Rexroth, Matteo Sandona, Geneve R. Sargeant, Sergey J. Scherbakoff,Jacques Schnier, Yoshida Sekido, Joseph M. Sheridan,Ralph Stackpole, and Bernard Zakheim.

Biographical / Historical:

Publication of the Works Progress Administration; San Francisco, Calif. Sponsored by Dr. Walter Heil of the M.H. de Young Museum. Was originally a joint project of the WPA-Statistical projects division and the WPA-Federal Art Project in order to disseminate information about artists and art in the San Francisco region.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

San Francisco, WPA Project 2874, 1936-1937.

Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.caliarp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91151550c-b4d7-4c02-b025-d4bd657f78fb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-caliarp

Interviewee:

Cravath, Ruth, 1902-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

22 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 September 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ruth Cravath conducted 1965 September 23, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Cravath (1902-1986) was a sculptor from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 43 min.

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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.cravat65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92a2eed50-4f57-4da7-a409-3fad769208b5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cravat65

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Architect:

Bolles, John  Search this

Contractor:

William Burrows, Inc.  Search this

Medium:

Concrete aggregate with Plexiglas inserts; Base: concrete

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Arts Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240 San Francisco California 94102

Located Candlestick Park Bus turn around Jamestown Avenue, outside Gate A San Francisco California

Date:

Designed 1971. Installed 1972. Dedicated Aug. 1973

Topic:

Religion--Saint--St. Francis  Search this

Abstract  Search this

Control number:

IAS CA000022

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_13941

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Subject:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

Terra cotta

Type:

Sculptures-Relief

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street San Francisco California 94103 Accession Number: 41.2970

Date:

1932

Topic:

Portrait female--Bust  Search this

Control number:

IAS 04280099

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_303706

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: Tufa stone (?) or Tennessee marble; Fountain basin: stone, tile

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures-Relief

Sculptures-Fountain

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

San Francisco Zen Center 300 Page Street San Francisco California 94102

Date:

Dedicated 1929

Topic:

Figure group--Female  Search this

Control number:

IAS CA001808

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_342107

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Medium:

Cast terra cotta

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Oakland Museum 1000 Oak Street Oakland California 94607 Accession Number: 63.22.28

Topic:

Figure male--Child  Search this

Control number:

IAS 75000849

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_3284

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Subject:

Macky, E. Spencer  Search this

Medium:

Marble

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street San Francisco California 94103 Accession Number: 35.3394

Date:

Ca. 1934

Topic:

Portrait male--Head  Search this

Control number:

IAS 04280100

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_303707

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Architect:

Ryan, Paul A.  Search this

Subject:

Rossi, Angelo J  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: bronze; Base: red Hungarian marble

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

City Hall Inside Polk Street entrance San Francisco California 94102

Date:

1948

Topic:

Portrait male--Bust  Search this

Occupation--Political--Mayor  Search this

Control number:

IAS 88750003

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_364456

Sculptor:

Cravath, Ruth 1902-1986  Search this

Architect:

Blanchard, Norman  Search this

Rosse, J. Martin  Search this

Contractor:

Sheedy Drayage Company  Search this

Subject:

King, Thomas Starr  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: French limestone; Base: concrete

Culture:

African American  Search this

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

On loan to First Unitarian Church 1187 Franklin Street San Francisco California 94109

Lent by San Francisco Unified School District San Francisco California

Date:

Commissioned 1954. 1956. Relocated 1978. Rededicated May 21, 1978

Topic:

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Figure group--Male & Child  Search this

Animal--Bird--Dove  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Control number:

IAS CA001732

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_341806