Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Arthur Painter

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.painte64
Creators:
Painter, Arthur
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 Dec. 2
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
38 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Arthur Painter conducted by Mary McChesney on 1964 Dec. 2 for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Arthur Painter was an art administrator in San Francisco, Calif. Painter was Director of Information for the Federal Arts Project of San Francisco, Calif.

Administration

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
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More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.


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