Oral history interview with Burton Freund
odd: label: General
content: An unrelated interview of Anton Blazek conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
label: General
content: An unrelated interview of Irving Block conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
name: label: Creator
content: Freund, Burton
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Creator
content: Freund, Betty (Rosalyn "Betty"), 1915-2008
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Ill.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: White, Charles (1918-1979)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Illinois
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
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: Freund, Burton
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Creator
content: Freund, Betty (Rosalyn "Betty"), 1915-2008
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and wood engraver; Illinois and California. Worked for the Federal Art Project in Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings, 3 in.)
label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 Apr. 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.freund65
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 Burton Freund conducted by Betty Hoag on 1965 Apr. 20 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Freund speaks of his background and education in Chicago; teaching himself sculpture; working as a puppeteer on the Federal Art Project (FAP) in Chicago; doing various other jobs for the FAP, including wood and plaster panels for schools and for the Zoo; demonstrations and union activities; the work of the Chicago FAP, and how the project functioned; the disposal of the work after the project ended; and his career during and after World War II.