Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Ina Sizer Cassidy

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.cassid64
Creators:
Cassidy, Ina Sizer, 1869-1965
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 February 13
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
26 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Ina Sizer Cassidy conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1964 February 13 for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Cassidy speaks of her husband Gerald Cassidy, including his background and education; the arts community in Santa Fe in the 1920s; Cassidy's first involvement in the Public Works of Art Project making murals for a federal building in Santa Fe; his death from carbon monoxide poisoning; and his feelings about the PWAP and about government support for the arts. She speaks of her own painting career and her work as head of the WPA Writers Project in New Mexico.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Ina Sizer Cassidy (1869-1965) was a painter and writer in Santa Fe, 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


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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 1 hr.


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