Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Michael Von Meyer

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.vonmey65
Creators:
Von Meyer, Michael, 1894-1984
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 February 12
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
21 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Michael Von Meyer conducted 1965 February 12, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Michael Von Meyer (1894-1984) was a sculptor from San Francisco, California.

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


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
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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 51 min.


Keywords

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Sculpture, American Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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