Oral history interview with Ethel Magafan
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Magafan, Ethel, 1915 or 1916-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women muralists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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: Magafan, Ethel, 1915 or 1916-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ethel Magafan (1915 or 6 -1993) was a mural painter in Woodstock, N.Y. Birthdate cited as both Oct. 10, 1916 and Aug. 10, 1915.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Nov. 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.magafa64
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3949 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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 Ethel Magafan conducted 1964 Nov. 5, by Joseph S. Trovato for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Magafan speaks of her earliest associations with the WPA Federal Art Project; receiving commissions for murals in post offices and government buildings; subject matter of the murals she painted; her life in Woodstock, N.Y.; and her work methods.