Oral history interview with Ben Messick
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Messick, Benjamin Newton, 1901-1981
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: Lloyd, Lucile
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Educators -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
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: Messick, Benjamin Newton, 1901-1981
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ben Messick (1901-1981) was a painter and educator in California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 46 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 June 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.messic65
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 Ben Messick conducted 1965 June 1, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art.