Oral history interview with Sam Ross and Charlotte Rothstein Ross
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 46 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ross, Sam, 1912-1998
label: Interviewee
content: Rothstein Ross, Charlotte, 1912-1991
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Lithographers
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Authors -- California -- 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: Ross, Sam, 1912-1998
label: Interviewee
content: Rothstein Ross, Charlotte, 1912-1991
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sam Ross (1912-1998) was a novelist and television screenwriter in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. Charlotte Rothstein Ross (1912-1991) was a painter and lithographer. They lived in California at the time of the interview.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 54 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ross65
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 Sam Ross and Charlotte Rothstein Ross conducted 1965 May 10, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Tape 1 and part of tape 2 is an interview with Charlotte Rothstein Ross; tape 2 and part of tape 3 is an interview with Sam Ross; tape 3 is a joint interview.