Oral history interview with Irving Block
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 58 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Block, Irving
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
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: Block, Irving
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Irving Block (1910-1986) was a painter and educator in Los Angeles, California.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 April 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.block65
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/block65.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Irving Block conducted by Betty Hoag on 1965 Apr. 16 for the Archives of American Art.