Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Pablita Velarde

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.velard65
Creators:
Velarde, Pablita, 1918-2006
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 September 29
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
19 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Pablita Velarde conducted 1965 September 29, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Pablita Velarde (1918-2006) was a painter and illustrator from Albuquerque, N.M.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview 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


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More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 46 min.
General
Sound quality is poor.


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