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Interviewee:

McMahon, Audrey, 1890-1981  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B., 1920-1979,  Search this

Subject:

Bruce, Edward  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Force, Juliana  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd  Search this

La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry)  Search this

Davis, Stuart  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  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 with Audrey McMahon, 1964 Nov. 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12044

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213651

AAA_collcode_mcmaho64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213651

Interviewee:

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946  Search this

La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947  Search this

Extent:

67 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Nov. 18

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Audrey McMahon conducted 1964 Nov. 18, by Harlan B. Phillips, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

McMahon speaks of her pre-Federal Art Project experiences; her early involvement with the WPA; how it functioned; and political problems with the WPA. She recalls Juliana Force, Edward Bruce, and Holger Cahill.

Biographical / Historical:

Audrey McMahon (1900?-1981) served under Holger Cahill as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey from 1935-1939.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 21 min.

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.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.mcmaho64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9864ed5b9-a17e-4270-8f11-238311a58054

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcmaho64

Creator:

Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991  Search this

Federal Art Project. Graphic Arts Division  Search this

Subject:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- New York (N.Y.)

Citation:

Gustave Von Groschwitz papers, 1935-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Graphic arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6923

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209052

AAA_collcode_vongros

Theme:

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209052

Interviewee:

Gilien, Ted, 1914-1967  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this

Subject:

Bocour, Leonard  Search this

Levine, Jack  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  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 with Ted Gilien, 1965 Mar. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12806

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213487

AAA_collcode_gilien65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213487

Interviewee:

Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901-1983 or 6  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Subject:

Flannagan, John Bernard  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  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 with Eugenie Gershoy, 1964 Oct. 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13135

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213484

AAA_collcode_gersho64

Theme:

Women

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213484

Interviewee:

Trubach, Serge, 1907-1979  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  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 with Serge Trubach, 1964 December 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Sausalito -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11622

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213954

AAA_collcode_trubac64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213954

Creator:

Karp, William, 1905-  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

Citation:

William Karp photographs, [ca.1937-1938]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5699

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208535

AAA_collcode_karpwill

Theme:

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208535

Creator:

Berman, Greta  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Greta Berman writings, 1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5926

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208767

AAA_collcode_bermgret

Theme:

Women

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208767

Creator:

Bloch, Lucienne, 1909-1999  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Lucienne Bloch photographs of murals, 1934-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women photographers  Search this

Women designers  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6739

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208864

AAA_collcode_blocluci

Theme:

Women

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208864

Creator:

Block, Lou, 1895-1969  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Subject:

Index of American Design  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

Citation:

Lou Block papers, 1936-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6746

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208871

AAA_collcode_bloclou

Theme:

African American

New Deal

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208871

Creator:

Gutieri, Ralph  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Ralph Gutieri photographs, [ca. 1930-1940]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8278

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210449

AAA_collcode_gutiralp

Theme:

Photography

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210449

Creator:

Rothschild, Lincoln, 1902-1983  Search this

Subject:

Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold)  Search this

Greenbaum, Dorothea S.  Search this

Mangravite, Peppino  Search this

Piccoli, Girolamo  Search this

Schmidt, Katherine  Search this

Starr, Theodore  Search this

Von Groschwitz, Gustave  Search this

Winchester, Alice  Search this

Woodhouse, Betty Burroughs  Search this

Archer, Edmund  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Coffey, Katherine  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Lincoln Rothschild papers, 1920-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8335

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210507

AAA_collcode_rothlinc

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210507

Creator:

Spagna, Vincent, 1898-  Search this

Subject:

Artist's Cultural Society (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Vincent Spagna papers, 1935-1947. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Children's art  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8664

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210844

AAA_collcode_spagvinc

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210844

Creator:

Vogel, Joseph, 1911-1995  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Joseph Vogel photographs, 1931-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9452

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211650

AAA_collcode_vogejose

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211650

Creator:

Doktor, Raphael, 1902-1995  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

Citation:

Raphael Doktor papers, 1931-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9797

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212235

AAA_collcode_doktraph

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212235

Creator:

Norman, Geoffrey, 1899-  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Society of Mural Painters (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Fine Arts Federation of New York  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)

Citation:

Geoffrey Norman papers relating to the Federal Art Project, 1934-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Theme:

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9818

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212278

AAA_collcode_normgeof

Theme:

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212278

Creator:

Egri, Ted, 1913-2010  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Brooklyn College  Search this

Citation:

Ted Egri photographs of work for the Federal Art Project, 1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American -- Photographs  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9835

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212310

AAA_collcode_egritedp

Theme:

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212310

Creator:

Graham, F. Wynn  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)

Citation:

F. Wynn Graham papers, 1937-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Federal aid to public welfare  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9858

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212356

AAA_collcode_grahf

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212356

Creator:

Berntsen, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Hilmar), 1900-1992  Search this

Subject:

Suzuki, Sakari  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Kahlo, Frida  Search this

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Norwegian Art and Craft Club (Brooklyn, N.Y.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Willard Parker Hospital (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Bernhard H. Berntsen papers, 1931-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Art museum attendance -- Pictorial works  Search this

Norwegian American artists  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6423

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215507

AAA_collcode_bernbern

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215507

Creator:

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Berenice Abbott Photographs relating to Changing New York, 1936-1960s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women photographers  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Photography  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6226

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216533

AAA_collcode_abbobere

Theme:

Women

Photography

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216533