New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Sound recording)
31 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1965 June 4
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Leroy W. Flint conducted 1965 June 4, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.
Flint speaks of his background and experience prior to working for the WPA Federal Art Project; his printmaking background; themes in his prints; the art market in Cleveland before the Depression; his art education; subject matter that inspired his early work; and the effect of the FAP on him and his art.
Biographical / Historical:
Leroy W. Flint (1909-1991) was a printmaker and painter of Akron, Ohio.
General:
An interview of Paul Craft conducted by Harlan Phillips is also on this tape.
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.
An interview conducted by Michael E. Moss with Leroy W. Flint at Flint's office at Kent State University. The interview concern's Flint's involvement with the Federal Art Project in Cleveland, Ohio.
Biographical / Historical:
Leroy W. Flint (1909-1991) was a a printmaker and painter of Akron, Ohio as well as a WPA artist and professor at Kent State University.
Related Materials:
Also in the Archives of American Art is an interview of Leroy Flint, conducted in 1965 by Harlan Phillips under the auspices of the Archives' Oral History Program
Provenance:
Donated 1974 by Michael E. Moss.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
