Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Kenneth Warnock Evett

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.evett64
Creators:
Evett, Kenneth, 1913-2005
Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 Oct. 10
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in
11 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Kenneth Warnock Evett conducted 1964 Oct. 10, by Joseph Trovato for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Evett speaks of his background and education at Colorado State University; his first involvement with the Federal Art Project; under Boardman Robinson as an assistant on a mural; four post office murals he painted; his opinions of the project; and its effect on the development of American art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter, mural painter; Ithaca, N.Y.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3419 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


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