Oral history interview with David Morris
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Morris, David, 1911-
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Names
content: National Zoological Park (U.S.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Cikovsky, Nicolai, 1894-
label: Names
content: Collins, Herbert
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists' models -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Artists' models -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Potters -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
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.
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: Morris, David, 1911-
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Morris (1911- ) is a artists' model, potter, and art administrator in Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 62 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.morris64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2024 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Crystal Rie.
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with David Morris conducted 1964 May 4, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.