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Creator:

Gilder, Rosamond  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Interviewer:

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

Names:

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969  Search this

O'Shay, Madalyn  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Apr. 1

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Rosamond Gilder conducted by Harlan Phillips on 1965 Apr. 1 for the Archives of American Art.

Gilder speaks of the WPA Federal Theater Project, its success, and her opinions of federal support for theater. She recalls Hallie Flanagan and Madalyn O'Shay.

Biographical / Historical:

Drama critic; New York, N.Y. Born in 1896. Died in 1986.

General:

An interview of Henry La Farge conducted by H. 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:

Use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Theater critics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gilder65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw960eb9642-aa1f-4180-8617-b4ff185d6041

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gilder65

Interviewee:

Gilder, Rosamond  Search this

Interviewer:

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

Subject:

Flanagan, Hallie  Search this

O'Shay, Madalyn  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  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 Rosamond Gilder, 1965 Apr. 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Theater critics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12716

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213488

AAA_collcode_gilder65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213488