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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with F. Wynn Graham
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.graham65
- Creators:
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Graham, F. WynnLoomis, Sylvia GliddenNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1965 July 22
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Sound tape reelSound recordings (1 hour)7 in.25 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of F. Wynn Graham conducted 1965 July 22, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art. Graham speaks of her background and her education at the Art Students League; working on lithography at the Harlem Arts Center; joining the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935; working on the easel painting project; the Artists' Union; the effects of the FAP on her career and on art; and her post-FAP career. She recalls Juliana Force.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
F. Wynn Graham is a painter and printmaker in Queens, N.Y. She painted for the Federal Art Project.
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
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
More Information
General
General
An unrelated interview of Donald B. Goodall (7/8/65) conducted by S. Loomis is also on this tape.
Keywords
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| Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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| Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- New York (State) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Force, Juliana, 1876-1948 | 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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