Oral history interview with Atlee B. Ayres
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 49 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ayres, Atlee Bernard, 1873-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project (Tex.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art -- Texas -- San Antonio
label: Topic
content: Architects -- Texas -- San Antonio -- 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: Ayres, Atlee Bernard, 1873-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Atlee B. Ayres (1873-1969) was a architect in San Antonio, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ayres65
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 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 Atlee B. Ayres conducted 1965 May 13, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. Ayres discusses his association with the WPA in San Antonio, Texas, 1934-1935, including his selection of local artists for Public Works of Art Project exhibits, WPA painting and architectural projects, and the growth of the arts in Texas.