Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Peter Pollack

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Peter Pollack, circa 1964, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.pollac64
Creators:
Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
circa 1964
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
sound file (1 hr., 10 min.)
digital, wav file
24 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Interview of Peter Pollack, conducted by Harlan Philips for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in 1964.
Scope and Contents
Pollack speaks of studying at the Art Institute of Chicago; starting a print gallery in Chicago; the political climate of the Chicago art world in the 1930s; running an art center for the WPA on the South Side of Chicago; and the African American art scene in Chicago. Pollack also recalls Edgar Britton, Julio de Diego, Holger Cahill, Eleanor Roosevelt, Charles Sebree, and others.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Peter Pollack (1909-1978) was a photographer and writer.

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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archive of American Art's website.
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.

Digital Content

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Peter Pollack, circa 1964, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Peter Pollack, circa 1964, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 10 min.
General
Sound quality is poor throughout; the first 5 minutes of the interview are mostly inaudible.

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