Oral history interview with Lou Block
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 11 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Block, Lou, 1895-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947
label: Names
content: McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
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: Block, Lou, 1895-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lou Block (1895-1969) was a muralist and art administrator.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blockl65
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 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 Lou Block conducted 1965 May 31, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.