Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Louis Schanker

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.schank63
Creators:
Schanker, Louis, 1903-1981
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
circa 1963
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
74 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Louis Schanker conducted circa 1963, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Louis Schanker (1903-1981) was a printmaker and painter in Stamford, Conn.

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 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 19 min.


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