Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Fay Chong

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Fay Chong, 1965 February 14-20, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.chong65
Creators:
Chong, Fay
Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 February 14-20
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
14 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Fay Chong conducted 1965 February 14-20, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Chong speaks of working for the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP); printmaking methods used; the effect of the FAP on the city of Seattle and on artists; and his post-FAP career.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Fay Chong (1912-1973) was a Chinese American painter and printmaker based in Seattle, Washington. Chong was born in Kwangtung, China in 1912. He came to Seattle in 1920.

Administration

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.

Digital Content

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Fay Chong, 1965 February 14-20, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Fay Chong, 1965 February 14-20, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

Using the Collection

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

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 35 min.

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