Oral history interview with Roland F. Dickey
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dickey, Roland F.
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Interviewee
content: Fincke, Joy Yeck
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- New Mexico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
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: Dickey, Roland F.
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Interviewee
content: Fincke, Joy Yeck
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roland F. Dickey (1914-2000) was an author and arts administrator in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 January 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dickey64
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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 Roland F. Dickey conducted by Sylvia Loomis 1964 January 16 for the Archives of American Art New deal and the Arts Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dickey speaks of his background and his education at the University of New Mexico. He discusses his work as county supervisor for the Federal Art Project including his duties as supervisor, artists he worked with, his involvement with the Index of American Design, public reaction to the work produced by the project, the importance of the project to the area, its effect on art and artists, and its effect on Dickey's own career. He speaks of his work as director of the art museum in Roswell, New Mexico and his post-FAP career.