An interview of Ina Sizer Cassidy conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1964 February 13 for the Archives of American Art.
Cassidy speaks of her husband Gerald Cassidy, including his background and education; the arts community in Santa Fe in the 1920s; Cassidy's first involvement in the Public Works of Art Project making murals for a federal building in Santa Fe; his death from carbon monoxide poisoning; and his feelings about the PWAP and about government support for the arts. She speaks of her own painting career and her work as head of the WPA Writers Project in New Mexico.
Biographical / Historical:
Ina Sizer Cassidy (1869-1965) was a painter and writer in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr.
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.
Restrictions:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Material regarding the McKee art collection primararily paintings by artists of New Mexico. Included are: inventory files of paintings, 1944-1983 & undated, including letters, receipts and catalogs; files, undated and 1957, concerning rare books donated by the McKee Foundation to New Mexico A & M College Library; and artist and gallery files, 1916-1984 and undated, containing correspondence, printed material and photographs. Included in the artists' files is extensive material on Gerald Cassidy.
Biographical / Historical:
Art collection; El Paso, Texas.
Provenance:
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Lent for microfilming 1984 by the Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.