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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Bernice Fisher Banks
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.banks65
- Creators:
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Banks, Bernice Fisher, 1906-McChesney, Mary FullerMcChesney, Robert, 1913-2008New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1965 February 21
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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24 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Bernice Fisher Banks conducted 1965 February 21, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Bernice Fisher Banks (1906- ) was a sculptor from Alameda, California.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Terms of Use
The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 41 min.
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Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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