Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Mary Perry and Clair Laning

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.laning64
Creators:
Perry, Mary
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
Laning, Clair
Dates:
1964 Apr. 2
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
26 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview with Mary Perry and Clair Laning conducted 1964 Apr. 2, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art .

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Mary Perry and Clair Laning were administrators for the WPA Federal Art Project in New Mexico.

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.
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
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 6 min.


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