Oral history interview with Holger Cahill
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 14 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
label: Interviewer
content: Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (U.S.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
label: Interviewer
content: Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Holger Cahill (1887-1960) was an art administrator from New York, New York. Cahill was the National director of Federal Art Project, administered under Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). The FAP provided work to unemployed artists. Cahill was the director throughout its existence.
function: label: Function
content: Art centers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 53 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960 April 12 and 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cahill60
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Holger Cahill conducted 1960 April 12-15, by John Morse and Peter Pollack, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cahill discusses his work as national director of the Federal Art Project. He recalls other administrators and artists who participated, and describes the allocation of the art works produced. Of particular interest is an anecdote about Jackson Pollock's experiments with his characteristic style while on the WPA. Peter Pollack contributes his own recollections of his work under Cahill developing community art centers as part of the federal program.