Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with William Henry Traher

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.traher64
Creators:
Traher, William Henry, 1908-1984
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 November 13
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
22 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of William Henry Traher conducted 1964 November 13, by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
William Henry Traher (1908-1984) was a painter and muralist in Denver, Colorado.

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


More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 1 min.
General
Sound quality is poor.


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