Oral history interview with Ernest Lenshaw
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 1 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is good, but the repair of frequent splices has caused lost words and broken sentences throughout the interview.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lenshaw, Ernest, b. 1892
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
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: Lenshaw, Ernest, b. 1892
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ernest Lenshaw (1892- ) was a muralist in San Francisco, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lensha64
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.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ernest Lenshaw conducted 1964 May 19, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview was conducted at the artist's home in San Francisco, Calif.