Oral history interview with Paul and Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 57 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Babcock, Paul G.
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Interviewee
content: Babcock, Alberta von Ottenfeld, 1910-1992
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mosaics
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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: Babcock, Paul G.
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Interviewee
content: Babcock, Alberta von Ottenfeld, 1910-1992
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul G. Babcock (1905-1996) and Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock (1910-1992) were painters from Glendora, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 34 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((57 min.), digital, wav)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.babcoc65
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 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 Paul G. and Alberta von Ottenfeld Babcock conducted 1965 May 1, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. The Babcocks speak of their backgrounds and educations, and their work with the Federal Art Project, including easel paintings, murals and mosaics.