Oral history interview with Merrell Gage
odd: label: General
content: An interview of Nick Brigante conducted by B. Hoag is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981
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
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975
label: Names
content: Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- United States
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: Gage, Merrell, 1892-1981
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; New York, Kansas, Connecticut, and Santa Monica, Calif.; d. 1981.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 8 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gage64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 3419 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 Merrell Gage conducted 1964 May 27, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gage speaks of the origin of his interest in Abraham Lincoln; studying under Gutzon Borglum; the formation of the Public Works of Art Project art committee in 1932; how the committee functioned; and the effect of the Project on the community. He recalls Merle Armitage.