Oral history interview with Rollin McNeil Crampton
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Crampton, Rollin McNeil, 1886-1970
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
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: Crampton, Rollin McNeil, 1886-1970
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rollin McNeil Crampton (1886-1970) was an art administrator and painter in both Woodstock and New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 January 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crampt65
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 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 Rollin McNeil Crampton conducted 1965 January 29, by Joseph S. Trovato, for the Archives of American Art. Crampton speaks of his work as supervisor of the New York City WPA mural project; selecting muralists and mural sites; how the murals were executed; the effect of the Federal Art Project upon him and his career; his background and early interest in art; and his education at Yale and at the Art Students League. He recalls Burgoyne Diller.