Oral history interview with Pablita Velarde
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 46 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Velarde, Pablita, 1918-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Illustrators -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women illustrators
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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: Velarde, Pablita, 1918-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Pablita Velarde (1918-2006) was a painter and illustrator from Albuquerque, N.M.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 September 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.velard65
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 Pablita Velarde conducted 1965 September 29, by Sylvia Glidden Loomis, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.