Oral history interview with John Collier
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 26 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
label: Names
content: Vanderbilt, Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: Photographers -- 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: Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Collier (1913-1992) was a photographer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 January 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.collie65
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 available on line.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Duplicated on one cassette and again on one digital audio cassette.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Collier conducted 1965 January 18, by Richard K. Doud, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Collier describes the Farm Security Administration as an experiment in group dynamics; he speaks of the difference in viewpoint between officials and photographers; Collier's New England and New Mexico work; and he appraises the value of the group effort in the FSA. He recalls Paul Vanderbilt, Roy Stryker, and Ben Shahn.