Oral history interview with John Gaw Meem
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983
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
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Architects -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- 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: Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Gaw Meem (1894-1983) was an arts administrator in the Public Works of Art Project from Santa Fe, N.M.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Dec. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meem64
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 available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/meem64.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Gaw Meem conducted 1964 Dec. 3, by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gaw speaks of his background; moving to New Mexico; deciding to become an architect; architectural commissions he worked on; becoming involved with the Public Works of Art Project; his architectural philosophy; and his appointment to historic committees.