Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Jasper Deeter

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.deeter64
Creators:
Deeter, Jasper, -1972
Doud, Richard Keith
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
22 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Jasper Deeter conducted by Richard Doud in 1964 for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Discusses theater experience in Greenwich Village and Provincetown; Depression-era theater in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and comments on contemporary theater.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Jasper Deeter (died 1972) was a producer, actor, teacher, and Federal Theater Project director in Media, Pennsylvania. Named director of FTP in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

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 files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.


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