Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Emmy Lou Packard

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.packar64
Creators:
Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 May 11-12
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
39 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Emmy Lou Packard conducted 1964 May 11-12, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Packard speaks of her early interest in art and her education; meeting Diego Rivera, studying under him; working with him on murals; Rivera's personality; his marriage to Frida Kahlo and reaction to her death; his political views and his influence on art during the 1930s. She describes her feelings about art of the Work Project Administration period, and she recalls Anton Refregier and Jose Moya del Pino.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) was a painter and a mural painter.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 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.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 29 min.


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Federal aid to the arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mural painting and decoration -- California Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muralists -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Kahlo, Frida Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Refregier, Anton, 1905- Personal 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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