Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Charles Barrows
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barrow65
- Creators:
-
Barrows, Charles, 1903-1988Loomis, Sylvia GliddenNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
-
1965 March 11
- Languages:
-
English.
- Physical Description:
-
17 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Charles Barrows conducted 1965 March 11, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Scope and Contents
Barrows speaks of his education at the Art Students League; moving to New Mexico; working on the Public Works of Art Project, and later on the Federal Art Project; public perception of the Federal Art Project; the effects of the Project on art and artists; making prints based on Indian paintings. He recalls Gustave Baumann and Vernon Hunter.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Charles Barrows (1903-1988) was a printmaker in New Mexico.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
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.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 29 min.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
---|---|---|---|
Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hunter, Russell Vernon, 1900-1955 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Public Works of Art Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Federal Art Project (N.M.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-7950
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions