Oral history interview with Vernon B. Smith
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 14 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Smith, Vernon, 1894-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Swift, Geoffrey
label: Names
content: Federal art project (Mass.)
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 -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Smith, Vernon, 1894-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Swift, Geoffrey
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Vernon B. Smith (1894-1969) was an arts administrator from Massachusetts. Smith worked for the Federal Art Project and the Public Works of Art Project.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 November 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smith65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2021 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Allison Tracy-Taylor in 2025.
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 with Vernon B. Smith conducted 1965 November 24, by Geoffrey Swift, for the Archives of American Art.