Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Dorothy Collins

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.collin64
Creators:
Collins, Dorothy, 1893-
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 July 7
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Sound tape reel
Sound recordings
5 in.
65 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Dorothy Collins conducted 1964 July 7, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Dorothy Collins (1893-) was an art administrator in California.

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.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 8 min.

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