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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Ronald Alfred Slayton
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.slayto84
- Creators:
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Slayton, Ronald Alfred, 1910-1992Brown, Robert F.
- Dates:
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1984 August 22
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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4 Itemssound files (2 hrs. 15 min.)digital, wav file42 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Ronald Alfred Slayton conducted 1984 August 22, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Slayton discusses his childhood education in Barre, Vermont and Hanover, N.H.; training at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y.; involvement in government art projects and community betterment programs in Burlington, Vermont; setting up a community art program in Brandon, Vermont; developing hand-made crafts in Weston, Vermont; and destruction of most of his WPA paintings.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ronald Alfred Slayton (1910-1992) is a painter and crafts administrator from Montpelier, Vermont.
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 Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Digital Content
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 18 min.
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Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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