Oral history interview with Emil Bisttram
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 42 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New Mexico
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Taos
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Taos School of Art
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: Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emil Bisttram (1895-1976) was a mural painter in Taos, New Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 October 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bisttr63
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 Emil J. Bisttram conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1963 October 17 for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bisttram speaks of his family background; first coming to Taos; his involvement with the Federal Art Project (FAP); his FAP murals; problems with the FAP; the effect of the FAP on public interest in art; and Taos as an art community.