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Interviewee:

Abbenseth, William, 1898-1972  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Cunningham, Ben  Search this

Dannenbaum, Ray  Search this

Danysh, Joseph A.  Search this

Hirsch, Hy  Search this

Ryan, Beatrice Judd  Search this

Group f.64  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Abbenseth, 1964 November 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13069

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213230

AAA_collcode_abbens64

Theme:

Photography

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213230

Interviewee:

Abbenseth, William, 1898-1972  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Group f.64  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Cunningham, Ben, 1904-1975  Search this

Dannenbaum, Ray  Search this

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982  Search this

Hirsch, Hy  Search this

Ryan, Beatrice Judd  Search this

Extent:

13 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 November 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview of William Abbenseth conducted 1964 November 23, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.

Abbenseth discusses his training in photography; his WPA assignments including photomurals of San Francisco architecture, for the Index of American Design, and the California Housing Authority, the Artists at Work series, documentation of the New York World's Fair, and other projects; his relationship with Benjamin F. Cummingham, Ray Dannenbaum, Joseph A. Danysh, Hy Hirsch, and Beatrice Judd Ryan; and his involvement with the f/64 Group.

Biographical / Historical:

William Abbenseth (1898-1972) was a photographer in San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 54 minutes.

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.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.abbens64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9069fd64f-1243-4894-a09a-dfd34c770d19

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-abbens64

Interviewee:

Holub, Leo, 1916-2010  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Ansel  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham  Search this

Corbett, Edward  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen  Search this

Gaw, William A.  Search this

Hackett, Dick  Search this

Holub, Florence  Search this

Mackey, Spencer  Search this

Mondale, Walter F.  Search this

Oldfield, Otis  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo  Search this

Randolph, Lee F.  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Sinel, Joseph Claude  Search this

Smith, Hassel  Search this

Sterne, Maurice  Search this

Weston, Edward  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Wilson, Charis  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Stanford University. Dept. of Art  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  Search this

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Leo Holub, 1997 July 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photography -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12356

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216329

AAA_collcode_holub97

Theme:

Photography

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216329

Interviewee:

Holub, Leo, 1916-2010  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Creator:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Stanford University. Dept. of Art  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Faculty  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Students  Search this

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham, 1880-1951  Search this

Corbett, Edward, 1919-  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this

Gaw, William A., 1891-1973  Search this

Hackett, Dick  Search this

Holub, Florence  Search this

Mackey, Spencer, 1880-1958  Search this

Mondale, Walter F., 1928-  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Sinel, Joseph Claude, 1889-1975  Search this

Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this

Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (90 min), analog)

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1997 July 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Leo Holub conducted 1997 July 3, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, Calif.

Holub discusses his background, being born in Arkansas, moving to New Mexico, and then to Oakland, Calif. (1923); early educational experiences in Oakland, and later at the Art Institute of Chicago; seeing Edward Weston's photographic work at an exhibition in Chicago, and admiring Weston's nude studies of Charis Wilson; his return to the Bay Area; his studio on Montgomery St. (Monkey Block); meeting painter Matthew Barnes, who had assisted Diego Rivera with his murals at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA), 1931-1932; his experiences as a student at CSFA- its program and instructors which included Maurice Sterne, Gottardo Piazzoni, Lee Randolph, Dick Hackett, Otis Oldfield, William Gaw, Spencer Mackey, and Victor Arnautoff; fellow students including Hassel Smith, Ed Corbett, and Florence Michelson (his future wife); and his beginning awareness of modernism.

Holub discusses his involvement with the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939); apprenticeship with industrial designer Joe Sinel and the advent of the product design era; his founding of Design Development Associates, and staying only a year before moving to Grass Valley, Calif. for his son's health; his return to the Bay Area, succeeding Emmy Lou Packard at the San Francisco Planning Office graphic arts dept.; working at the housing agency and redevelopment agency and as chief designer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit report.

He recalls his encounter with Ansel Adams at the 1955 Yosemite workshop where Holub produced a pictorial map of Yosemite; Adam's "zone system" of exposing for shadows and developing for highlights; going on to teach at CSFA (1955-1957), where Imogen Cunningham was a guest instructor; Minor White replacing him; his ten years at Stanford University's planning office (1960-1970); his campus views "Stanford Scene" that were used by the university to appeal for more space for the art dept., and his shows at Stanford's art gallery in 1964 and at the Washington, D.C. home of Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980.

Biographical / Historical:

Leo Holub (1916-2010) was a photographer, lithographer, and teacher from San Francisco, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.

Topic:

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photography -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Function:

Art Schools -- California

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.holub97

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94a5ec6a4-7e88-40a7-8b1c-4379fe338240

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-holub97

Interviewee:

Hagel, Hansel, 1909-  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

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 of Hansel Hagel, 1964 Oct. 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11763

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213540

AAA_collcode_hagel64

Theme:

Photography

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213540

Creator:

Hagel, Hansel, 1909-  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)

22 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Oct. 8

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Hansel Hagel conducted 1964 Oct. 8 by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art.

The interview was conducted at the artist's home in Santa Rosa, California. Hagel speaks of her early life in Germany; her interest in photography; coming to the United States in 1931; photographing social conditions in Chinatown; her work with the Federal Art Project in San Francisco; her opinions on the merits of the Federal Art Project; the photography of the period outside the FAP.

Biographical / Historical:

Photographer; San Francisco, Calif; married to photographer Otto Hagel; b. 1909.

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.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.hagel64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9224ea586-6a6d-4a33-b803-f1dcca6e95af

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hagel64

Interviewee:

Moxom, Marshall, 1916-2007  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  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 Marshall Moxom, 1965 June 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11935

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213675

AAA_collcode_moxom65

Theme:

Photography

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213675

Interviewee:

Moxom, Marshall, 1916-  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:

14 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 June 17

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Marshall Moxom conducted 1965 June 17, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Marshall Moxom (1916-2007) was a photographer from San Francisco, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 39 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.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.moxom65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cac95510-eb38-4677-aabb-131cf746d46d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-moxom65