Oral history interview with Mary Dill Henry
name: label: Creator
content: Henry, Mary, 1913-
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists -- California
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women designers
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
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: Creator
content: Henry, Mary, 1913-
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Designer, mosaicist; California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 27 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 27 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 12
label: Date
content: 1964 May 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.henry64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Mary Dill Henry conducted on 1964 May 12, by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Henry speaks of getting on the WPA Federal Art Project in Oakland, California; working on mosaics and designing murals for California school buildings; the dispersal of the art work created by the Project; her opinions of federal support for the arts.