Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Beckford Young

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.young65
Creators:
Young, Beckford, 1905-1979
McChesney, Mary Fuller
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1965 May 19
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
37 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Beckford Young conducted 1965 May 19, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Beckford Young (1905-1979) was a mural painter from California.

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.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.

Keywords

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Federal aid to the arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mural painting and decoration -- California Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muralists -- California -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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