Oral history interview with Sylvester Jerry
odd: label: General
content: An unrelated interview of Charlotte Partridge (6/12/65) conducted by H. Phillips is also on this tape.
label: General
content: An unrelated interview of Leonard Thiessen (6/10/65) conducted by H. Phillips is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jerry, Sylvester, 1904-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Wisconsin -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Furniture design
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Wisconsin -- 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: Jerry, Sylvester, 1904-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sylvester Jerry (1904-1990) was a painter and art administrator from Racine, Wis.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 14 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 June 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jerry65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Sylvester Jerry conducted 1965 June 11, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art. Jerry speaks of his first association with the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP), working as an FAP administrator in Detroit; working at finding locations for the artworks; the FAP's role in the development of furniture design; working with Holger Cahill; the Index of American Design; the relationship of art and architecture; administering the project; selecting artists for particular projects; and the project's effect on the community.