Oral history interview with Kenneth M. Chapman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 47 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chapman, Kenneth M.
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New Mexico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Indian art -- North America
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: Chapman, Kenneth M.
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kenneth M. Chapman (1875-1968) was an arts administrator and art historian in New Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript: (on one microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 December 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chapma63
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Kenneth M. Chapman conducted on 1963 December 5, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Chapman speaks of his early career; moving to New Mexico; his interest in Indian art and working with Indian artists; his involvement with the Federal Art Project; the effect of the Federal Art Project on printmaking; and his opinions of the WPA.