Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Nina Perera Collier

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Nina Perera Collier, 1964 October 29, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.collie64
Creators:
Collier, Nina Perera
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 October 23
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
28 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Nina Perera Collier conducted 1964 October 23, by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Collier speaks of her background and parental influence; her education at Columbia University; coming to Washington in 1932; working for the Public Works of Art Project on a survey of Indian arts and crafts work; her work for the Index of American Design; work on other Federal Art Project programs; her post-W.P.A. career, including working for the Cultural Relations division of the State Department; going to Bolivia and working on educational programs; her feelings about government support for the arts; political problems with the project; and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Nina Perera Collier (1907- ) is an art administrator in Alcade, New Mexico. Worked on various federally supported art programs during the Depression.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 (frames 917-952) 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

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Nina Perera Collier, 1964 October 29, Transcript

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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 2 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 53 min.

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