Oral history interview with Charles Griffin Farr
name: label: Interviewee
content: Farr, Charles Griffin, 1908-1984
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Fla.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Florida
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Florida
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Florida
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
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: Farr, Charles Griffin, 1908-1984
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter, educator; California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 22 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Oct. 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.farr64
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 Charles Griffin Farr conducted 1964 Oct. 22, by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Farr speaks of his background and education; working as a sculpture and pottery restorer in the Federal Art Project (FAP); working on murals and as an art teacher in Key West, Florida for the FAP; and his feelings about the FAP and its influence on his career.