Oral history interview with Maxine Albro and Parker Hall
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 26 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Interviewee
content: Hall, Parker
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Allied Artists Guild
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Bertrand, Raymond, 1909-1986
label: Names
content: Gaethke, George, 1898-1982
label: Names
content: Neininger, Urban
label: Names
content: O'Higgins, Pablo, 1904-
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Lithographers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Women muralists
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: Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Interviewee
content: Hall, Parker
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Maxine Albro (1903-1966) was a mural painter and mosaicist in Carmel, California. Her husband, Parker Hall, is a mural painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 July 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.albro64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Maxine Albro and Parker Hall conducted by Mary McChesney on 1964 July 27 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Albro speaks of her educational background including her work with Paul O'Higgins and as an assistant to Diego Rivera; of fresco and mosaic techniques; her mural at Coit Tower for the Public Works of Art Project; mosaics at San Francisco State College; her relationship with George Gaethke, Urban Neininger, Ralph Stackpole, Bernard Zakheim, and others; the Allied Artists Guild; the influence of the Federal Art Project on her career; and Ray Bertrand's lithography project. Parker Hall comments on his fresco at Coit Tower and other projects. Also present at the interview is Robert McChesney.