Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Olga Burroughs

Summary

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Olga Burroughs, 1964 October 25, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Collection ID:
AAA.burrou64
Creators:
Burroughs, Olga
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 October 25
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
10 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Olga Burroughs conducted 1964 October 25, by Mary McChesney.
Scope and Contents
Burroughs speaks of the founding of the Sacramento Art Center; the government's support for the Center; and artists who were affiliated with it, including Dong Kingman, Otis Oldfield and Beniamino Bufano.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Olga Burroughs was an art administrator in Sacramento, California.

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

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Olga Burroughs, 1964 October 25, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Olga Burroughs, 1964 October 25, Transcript

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 30 min.

Keywords

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Arts administrators -- California Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women arts administrators Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Federal aid to the arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kingman, Dong, 1911-2000 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sacramento Art Center Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Federal Art Project (Calif.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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