Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Beatrice Mandelman

Summary

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Beatrice Mandelman, 1964 July 20, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Collection ID:
AAA.mandel64
Creators:
Mandelman, Beatrice
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Ribak, Louis, 1902-1979
Dates:
1964 July 20
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
24 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Beatrice Mandelman conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1964 July 20, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Mandelman speaks of her background and education; getting started on the Federal Art Project mural project; later going on the graphic arts project; how the project worked; the effect of the project on the artists; her post-Federal Art Project career; government support for the arts; the current art scene; and Taos as an art center.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Beatrice Mandelman (1912-1998) was a painter in Taos, N.M.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3949 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Beatrice Mandelman, 1964 July 20, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Beatrice Mandelman, 1964 July 20, Transcript

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 files. Duration is 51 min.

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