Oral history interview with William C. Palmer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State)
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: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William C. Palmer (1906-1987) was a painter and mural painter from Iowa and New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 June 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.palmer65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of William C. Palmer conducted 1965 June 12, by Joseph Trovato, for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Palmer speaks of his background and education; studying at the Art Students League; his development as a muralist; his affiliation with the Midtown Galleries; his involvement with the Federal Art Project; and his opinions about the WPA.