Oral history interview with Edith Hamlin
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 54 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hamlin, Edith
label: Interviewer
content: Martin, Minette
label: Interviewee
content: Cravath, Dorothy, 1901-1974
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Topic
content: United States. -- Work Projects Administration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Hamlin, Edith
label: Interviewer
content: Martin, Minette
label: Interviewee
content: Cravath, Dorothy, 1901-1974
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edith Hamlin (1902-1992) was a mural painter from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hamlin64
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Edith Hamlin conducted 1964 May 27, by Minette Martin, for the Archives of American Art. 

She discusses her work on PWAP and WPA murals, including murals decorating the Coit Tower, San Francisco.