Archives of American Art

Summary of oral history interview with Paul Reno interview

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.reno65
Creators:
Reno, Paul
Doud, Richard Keith
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 June 14
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A summary by Richard Doud of an interview conducted 1965 June 14, with Paul Reno, for the Archives of American Art. Reno discusses the Works Progress Administration; his teaching job with the Federal Art Project at Union Settlement in New York; a job as a WPA art instructor at Bellevue Hospital; and his being grateful for the WPA Project.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Paul Reno was an art instructor in New York, New York.

Administration

Existence and Location of Originals
No tape at the request of interviewee.
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.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use requires an appointment.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Federal aid to the arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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