Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Robert Oliver Engard

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.engard65
Creators:
Engard, Robert Oliver, 1915-2003
Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 November 26
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
26 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Robert Engard conducted 1965 November 26, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. Engard discusses the Spokane Art Center where he taught lithography in 1939 and 1941.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Robert Oliver Engard (1915-2003) was a painter and printmaker from Spokane, Washington.

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


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 file. Duration is 42 min.


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Printmakers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lithographers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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