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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Eugenie Gershoy
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gersho64
- Creators:
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Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901?-1983 or 6McChesney, Mary FullerNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1964 Oct. 15
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Sound tape reelSound recordings5 in.29 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Eugenie Gershoy conducted 1964 Oct. 15, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
Scope and Contents
Gershoy speaks of her background and education; studying under John Flannagan at the Art Students League; working for the WPA Federal Art Project in New York City; sculptors she associated with; her involvement in protest demonstrations; her feelings about government support for the arts; and her post-FAP career.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Eugenie Gershoy (1901?-1983 or 6) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line.
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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art and state | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Women artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Women sculptors | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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