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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.greenw64
- Creators:
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Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1964 Jan. 31
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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15 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Marion Greenwood conducted on 1964 Jan. 31, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
Scope and Contents
Greenwood speaks of her background and education; her mural work before joining the Treasury Relief Art Project; working on murals for the Red Hook Housing Project in Brooklyn, N.Y.; changing from murals to easel paintings; and her opinions regarding government support for the arts.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Marion Greenwood (1909-1970) was a painter, lithographer, mosaicist, fresco, and mural painter from New York, N.Y.
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
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 11 min.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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