Oral history interview with Lowell Houser
odd: label: General
content: An interview of Belle Baranceanu and Hilda Preibisius conducted by B. Hoag is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Houser, Lowell, 1902-1971
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- Iowa
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- Iowa -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Iowa -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Houser, Lowell, 1902-1971
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter; Des Moines, Iowa; d. 1971.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 7 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 July 31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.houser64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/houser64.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Lowell Houser conducted by Betty Hoag, on 1964 July 31, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview conducted in San Diego, Calif. Houser speaks of his background; his art education; the influence of the Mexican muralists on his art; his involvement with the Federal Art Project working on murals at Iowa State College, a post office in Ames, Iowa, and other places; and his choices of subject matter for murals.