Oral history interview with Thomas Cleveland Parker
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Virginia -- 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: Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Thomas Cleveland Parker (1904-1967) was an art administrator in Richmond, Va. Director of the American Federation of Arts, 1940-1952. First director of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Assistant national director of the Works Progress Administration's art project 1935-1940.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 57 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 October 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.parker63
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 Thomas Cleveland Parker conducted by Harlan Phillips 1963 October 14 for the Archives of American Art.