Oral history interview with William A. Gaw
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gaw, William A. (1891-1973)
label: Interviewer
content: Ferbraché, Lewis
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
label: Names
content: Griffin, James Martin, b. 1850
label: Names
content: Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Park, David, 1911-1960
label: Names
content: Ryder, Worth Allen, 1884-1960
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Designers
label: Occupation
content: Engineers
label: Topic
content: Commercial art -- California -- Berkeley
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
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: Interviewee
content: Gaw, William A. (1891-1973)
label: Interviewer
content: Ferbraché, Lewis
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, engineer, and designer; Berkeley, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape (Sound recording: 1 sound tape, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 40 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Mar. 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gaw64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tapes
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 3419 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 William A. Gaw conducted 1964 Mar. 6 by Lewis Ferbraché for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gaw speaks of his art training under James Martin Griffin; attending the Mark Hopkins Institute; his work as a commercial artist, an engineer, and a designer; early exhibitions of his work; working with the WPA-FAP; teaching at Mills College; exhibitions he has juried; and California artists he has associated with. He recalls Fernand Leger, Reginald Marsh, David Park, Worth Ryder, and Clyfford Still.