Oral history interview with Charles B. Rogers
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rogers, Charles B., 1911-1987
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Ballin, Hugo, 1879-1956
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Kansas -- Ellsworth -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Kansas -- Ellsworth -- 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: Rogers, Charles B., 1911-1987
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles B. Rogers (1911-1987) was a painter, printmaker, craftsman, teacher; Great Bend, Kansas and California. Painter of western America landscapes and scenes. Assistant director-manager of the Huntington Hartford Foundation, Pacific Palisades, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 28 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 May 13 and 1964 April 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rogers64
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 Charles B. Rogers conducted by Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1963 May 13 and 1964 April 27, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The 1963 May 13 interview session covers Rogers life. The 1964 April 27 interview session is about Rogers' memories of Hugo Ballin (23 min.).