Summary of oral history interview with Lewis Mumford
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908-2003
label: Interviewer
content: Rubenstein, Erica Beckh, 1914-2014
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The interview was 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. It is unclear why no actual transcript or tape exists for the interview; Mumford may have not wanted to be recorded.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908-2003
label: Interviewer
content: Rubenstein, Erica Beckh, 1914-2014
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) was an art administrator for the WPA in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 December 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mumfor64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Existence or location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A summary of an interview of Lewis Mumford conducted 1964 December 7, by Lewis and Erica Rubenstein, for the Archives of American Art.