Oral history interview with Esther Steinman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 58 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Steinman, Esther
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.)
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.
label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Steinman, Esther
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Esther Steinman (also identified as Mrs. Erwin Steinman) was a secretary to Holger Cahill in Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 October 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.steinm65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2021 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. Additional information from the original transcript that seemed relevant was added in brackets and given an –Ed. attribution. This interview was audited and edited by Elen Brooks in 2025.
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 with Esther Steinman conducted 1965 October 4, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. Also includes some input from Mrs. Steinman's husband, Dr. Erwin Steinman.