Oral history interview with Robert Boardman Howard
name: label: Interviewee
content: Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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: Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Boardman Howard (1896-1983) was a sculptor from San Francisco, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Sound recording: 1 sound file, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel (5 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Sept. 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.howard64
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 Robert Boardman Howard conducted 1964 Sept. 16 by Mary McChesney.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Howard speaks of his background and education; his early paintings and sculptures; his involvement with the Federal Art Project in San Francisco; Coit Tower; and his opinions of federal support for the arts.