Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Irving Block

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.block65
Creators:
Block, Irving
McGlynn, Betty Hoag
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 April 16
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
43 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Irving Block conducted by Betty Hoag on 1965 Apr. 16 for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Irving Block (1910-1986) was a painter and educator in Los Angeles, California.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/block65.htm
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.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 58 min.


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