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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Emily Mason Kahn
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kahn65
- Creators:
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Kahn, Emily MasonPhillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1965 Jan. 27
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Sound cassetteSound recordings: 1 sound cassette (45 min.)analog40 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Emily Mason Kahn conducted 1965 Jan. 27, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Emily Mason Kahn was an administrator on the Federal Music Project 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.
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.
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.
More Information
General
General
Transferred from original acetate tape reel.
General
The recording ends before the conclusion of the interview.
General
Sound quality is poor.
Keywords
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| Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Federal Music Project (N.Y.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sokoloff, Nikolai, 1886-1965 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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