Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Theodore C. Polos

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.polos65
Creators:
Polos, Theodore C., 1902-1976
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 Jan. 31
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
28 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Theodore Polos conducted 1965 Jan. 31, by Mary McChesney, for the New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project. Polos reminisces about his intermittent work on the Easel and Lithography Projects in the San Francisco area between 1937 and 1943. He also compares the artistic climate in America during the 1930's and forties with that of the mid-sixties when he was interviewed.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Theodore C. Polos (1902-1976) was a watercolor painter and lithographer from Oakland, Calif.

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.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
General
Transcript not entirely accurate. Patrons are encouraged to listen to audio tape along with transcript.


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