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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Theodor Jung
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jung65
- Creators:
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Jung, Theodor, 1906-Doud, Richard KeithNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1965 Jan. 19
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Sound tape reelSound recordings: (1 hour 15 min.)7 in.27 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Theodor Jung conducted 1965 Jan. 19, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art. Jung speaks of his first camera and the development of his interest in photography; subject matter that interested him early; poverty and other social problems that moved him; his European travels; starting out with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as a draftsman and later as a photographer; working with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography project; how work was assigned in the FSA; subjects' responses to the photographers; propagandistic aspects of the project; public reaction to the project; his post-FSA career; and uses for the photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Theodor Jung (1906-1996) was a photographer from Palo Alto, Calif. Worked on Farm Security Administration documenting Depression-era America.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3697 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
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
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| Documentary photography | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographers -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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| United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration | 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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