Oral history interview with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 12 minutes.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Interviewee
content: Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966
label: Names
content: Bruton, Helen, 1898-1985
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content: Bruton, Margaret, 1894-
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content: Drerup, Karl, 1904-2000
topic: label: Occupation
content: Tapissiers -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mosaics -- California
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- California
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content: Tapestry -- California
label: Topic
content: Mosaicists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- California -- 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: Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Interviewee
content: Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur Forbes (1906-1975) and Jean Goodwin Ames (1903-1986) were mural painters, mosaicists, and tapissiers from Claremont, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 June 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ames65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames conducted 1965 June 9, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. They speak of their participation in WPA projects at Newport Harbor Union High School, the San Diego County Courthouse, the Jon Lindbergh Junior High School, and the California Federal Building and Loan in Los Angeles; mural, mosaic and tapestry techniques and materials; Karl Drerup and the development of enameling in America; and the effect of the federal art programs on contemporary art. They also describe the work of Maxine Albro and Helen and Margaret Bruton.