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Oral history interview of the board of the Spokane Art Center, 1965 November 18

Creator:
Spokane Art Center  Search this
Interviewer:
Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this
Subject:
Guilbert, Gladys  Search this
Nelson, Erna Bert  Search this
Reed, Florence  Search this
Weaver, Elsa  Search this
Irving, Henry, Mrs  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 the board of the Spokane Art Center, 1965 November 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art patrons -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12298
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213994
AAA_collcode_spokan65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213994

Oral history interview with Dorothy Cravath, 1964 May 13-27

Interviewee:
Cravath, Dorothy, 1901-1974  Search this
Interviewer:
Martin, Minette  Search this
Subject:
Rivera, Diego  Search this
University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  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 Dorothy Cravath, 1964 May 13-27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13070
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213376
AAA_collcode_cravat64
Theme:
Women
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213376

Oral history interview with Dorothy Cravath

Creator:
Cravath, Dorothy, 1901-1974  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Interviewer:
Martin, Minette  Search this
Names:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  Search this
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this
Extent:
18 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 May 13-27
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Dorothy Cravath conducted 1964 May 13 and May 27, by Minette Martin for the Archives of American Art.

Interview conducted at the home of Leota Molten in Berkeley, California. Cravath speaks of her youth and art education at the California School of Fine Arts; painting murals for the Federal Art Project; and restoring the murals at Coit Tower. She recalls Diego Rivera and discusses his influence on muralists.
Biographical / Historical:
Dorothy Cravath (1901-1974) was a mural painter in San Francisco, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 55 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:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Muralists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.cravat64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9393907bf-e0df-4787-bdcb-77bc9c8ae867
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-cravat64
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Oral history interview with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames, 1965 June 9

Interviewee:
Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986  Search this
Albro, Maxine  Search this
Bruton, Helen  Search this
Bruton, Margaret  Search this
Drerup, Karl  Search this
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 with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames, 1965 June 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Mosaics -- California  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this
Tapestry -- California  Search this
Mosaicists -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12923
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213229
AAA_collcode_ames65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213229
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Oral history interview with Christine Jeannette Abel, 1965 June 5

Interviewee:
Abel, Christine Jeannette, 1890-1970  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Chamberlin, F. Tolles (Frank Tolles)  Search this
Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl)  Search this
Martin, Fletcher  Search this
Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this
Thorps, Helen Katherine  Search this
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 with Christine Jeannette Abel, 1965 June 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13281
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213232
AAA_collcode_abelc65
Theme:
New Deal
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213232
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Oral history interview with Paul and Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock, 1965 May 1

Interviewee:
Babcock, Paul G.  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Babcock, Alberta von Ottenfeld, 1910-1992  Search this
Federal Art Project  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 Paul and Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock, 1965 May 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Mosaics  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12315
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213239
AAA_collcode_babcoc65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213239
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Oral history interview with Belle Baranceanu and Hilda Preibisius, 1964 August 1

Interviewee:
Baranceanu, Belle Goldschlager, 1902-1988  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Preibisius, Hilda, 1901-1981  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 Belle Baranceanu and Hilda Preibisius, 1964 August 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women designers  Search this
Women printmakers  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11765
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213262
AAA_collcode_baranc64
Theme:
Women
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213262
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Oral history interview with Edward Biberman, 1964 April 15

Interviewee:
Biberman, Edward  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Orozco, José Clemente  Search this
Rivera, Diego  Search this
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 with Edward Biberman, 1964 April 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art and state  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Printmakers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12807
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213268
AAA_collcode_biberm64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213268
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Oral history interview with Anton Blazek, 1965 April 13

Interviewee:
Blazek, Anton James, 1902-1974  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Ebstrom, David  Search this
Feitelson, Lorser  Search this
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  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 Anton Blazek, 1965 April 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Art and state  Search this
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13218
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213312
AAA_collcode_blazek65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213312
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Irving Block, 1965 April 16

Interviewee:
Block, Irving, 1910-1986  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 Irving Block, 1965 April 16. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Art -- Philosophy  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12145
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213320
AAA_collcode_block65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213320
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Nicholas P. Brigante, 1964 May 25

Interviewee:
Brigante, N.P. (Nicholas P.), 1895-1989  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Berlin, Ben  Search this
Costello, Val  Search this
Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this
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 with Nicholas P. Brigante, 1964 May 25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11846
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213323
AAA_collcode_brigan64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213323
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Conrad Buff, 1965 May 21

Interviewee:
Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 Conrad Buff, 1965 May 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Printmakers -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Illustrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12239
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213352
AAA_collcode_buff65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213352
Online Media:

Oral history interviews with Flavio Emanuel Cabral, 1965 April 3-May 3

Interviewee:
Cabral, Flavio Emanuel, 1918-  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 interviews with Flavio Emanuel Cabral, 1965 April 3-May 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Educators -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11870
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213353
AAA_collcode_cabral65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213353
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Helen Bess Clarke and James Mitchell Clarke, 1964 June 24

Interviewee:
Clarke, Helen Bess, 1904-  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Clarke, James Mitchell  Search this
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Helen Bess Clarke and James Mitchell Clarke, 1964 June 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11946
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213385
AAA_collcode_clarke64
Theme:
New Deal
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213385

Oral history interview with Frode Nielsen Dann, 1965 June 11

Interviewee:
Dann, Frode Nielsen, 1892-1984  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Dann, Katharine Skeele  Search this
Durston, Arthur  Search this
Hansen, Ejnar  Search this
Wiboltt, Jack  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 Frode Nielsen Dann, 1965 June 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Authors -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12452
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213397
AAA_collcode_dann65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213397
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Homer Dana, 1964 July 30

Interviewee:
Dana, Homer, 1900-1987  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Baker, George  Search this
Hord, Donal  Search this
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 with Homer Dana, 1964 July 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculpture, American -- California -- San Diego  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Sculpture -- Technique  Search this
Sculptors -- California -- San Diego -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11977
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213401
AAA_collcode_dana64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213401
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Boris Deutsch, 1964 June 1-5

Interviewee:
Deutsch, Boris, 1892-1978  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 Boris Deutsch, 1964 June 1-5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12839
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213424
AAA_collcode_deutsc64
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213424
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Phil Dike, 1965 June 9

Interviewee:
Dike, Phil, 1906-1990  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 Phil Dike, 1965 June 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12899
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213436
AAA_collcode_dike65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213436

Oral history interview with Edwin Emery, 1965 May 24

Interviewee:
Emery, Edwin, 1918-  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 Edwin Emery, 1965 May 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12215
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213442
AAA_collcode_emery65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213442
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Louisa Etcheverry, 1964 Sept. 23

Interviewee:
King, Louisa Anne Etcheverry, 1911-1966  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  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 Louisa Etcheverry, 1964 Sept. 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12444
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213444
AAA_collcode_etchev64
Theme:
Women
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213444

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