Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Mildred Constantine

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Mildred Constantine, 1965 October 15, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.consta65
Creators:
Constantine, Mildred
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 October 15
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
59 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Mildred Constantine conducted 1965 October 15, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art. Constantine speaks of the Federal Art Project in New York and its work; working for Audrey McMahon; the influx of foreign artists in the 1930s; the changes brought about in the art world because of the Federal Art Project. She recalls McMahon, Edward Alden Jewell, Holger Cahill and Jacob Baker.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Mildred Constantine (1914-2008) was an art historian from New York, New York.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 Mildred Constantine, 1965 October 15, Transcript

Using the Collection

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

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 16 min.

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