Oral history interview with Bena Frank Mayer and Ralph Mayer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mayer, Ralph, 1895-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Interviewee
content: Mayer, Bena Frank, 1898-1991
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mayer, Ralph, 1895-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Interviewee
content: Mayer, Bena Frank, 1898-1991
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bena Frank Mayer (1898-1991) and her husband, Ralph (1895-1979) were painters and educators in New York, N.Y. Bena Frank Mayer was also a printmaker.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mayer64
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ralph and Bena Frank Mayer conducted circa 1964, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.