Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Clay Spohn

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Clay Spohn, 1964 October 5 and 1965 September 25, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.spohn64
Creators:
Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 October 5 and 1965 September 25
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
120 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Clay Spohn conducted 1964 October 5 and 1965 September 25, by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Clay Edgar Spohn (1898-1977) was a painter and instructor from New York, N.Y.

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 available on line
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 Clay Spohn, 1964 October 5 and 1965 September 25, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Clay Spohn, 1964 October 5 and 1965 September 25, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

Using the Collection

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

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes and 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 25 min.
General
Sound quality is poor.

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