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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Marion Post Wolcott
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wolcot65
- Creators:
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990Doud, Richard KeithNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1965 January 18
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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23 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Marion Post Wolcott conducted 1965 January 18, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home, in Mill Valley, California.
Scope and Contents
Wolcott speaks of her background in photography; experimenting with cameras; working as a photojournalist; joining the Farm Security Administration project; her first assignment photographing West Virginia coal miners; the camaraderie among the FSA photographers; the propagandistic aspects of the work; how the program was run and work assigned; her interest in landscapes; problems of being a woman photographer; the learning experience of meeting Americans all over the country; and the FSA project's long-term value. She recalls Roy Stryker.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990) was a photographer from San Francisco, California.
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
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
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
Keywords
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| Photographers -- California -- San Francisco | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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| Women artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Women photographers | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions
