Oral history interview with Andrew Chinn
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 2 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chinn, Andrew, 1915-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Wash.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Chong, Fay
label: Names
content: Cumming, William
label: Names
content: Elshin, Jacob Alexander, 1892-1976
label: Names
content: Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Chinese American art
label: Topic
content: Chinese American artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American painters
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: Chinn, Andrew, 1915-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Andrew Chinn (1915-1996) was a Chinese American painter based in Seattle, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chinn65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 (frames 805-833) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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 Andrew Chinn conducted 1965 May 24, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art. Chinn speaks of his memories of the Federal Art Project in Washington state; how the program affected Seattle as an art center; and he recalls other artists involved in the project: Fay Chong, William Cumming, Jacob Elshin, and Morris Graves.