Oral history interview with Christine Jeannette Abel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 23 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Abel, Christine Jeannette, 1890-1970
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Chamberlin, F. Tolles (Frank Tolles), 1873-1961
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content: Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957
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content: Martin, Fletcher, 1904-1979
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content: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
label: Names
content: Thorps, Helen Katherine
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women educators
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content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
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: Abel, Christine Jeannette, 1890-1970
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Christine Jeannette Abel (1890-1970) was a painter, mural painter, sculptor, and educator from California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 June 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.abelc65
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content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Christine Jeannette Abel conducted 1965 June 5, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art. Abel discusses her educational background and studies with Frank Tolles Chamberlin, Armin Carl Hansen and David Alfaro Siqueiros; her teaching experience and impressions of Fletcher Martin as a student; and her experience assisting Helen Katherine Thorps on a Federal Art Project mural for the Marobia, California post office.