Oral history interview with Lee R. Norvelle
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 20 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is poor. The original typescript was heavily edited by Lee Norvelle and does not match the audio for this interview.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Theater Project (Ind.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Administrators -- Indiana -- Interviews
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.
label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Norvelle, Lee Roy, 1892-
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lee Roy Norvelle (1892- ) was the state director of Federal Theater Project in Indiana.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 June 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.norvel64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcsript was re-typed and edited by Ellen Brooks in 2025.
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 Lee R. Norvelle conducted 1964 June 23, by Richard K. Doud, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Norvelle speaks of his role as State Director of the WPA Federal Theater Project for Indiana, including the events leading to his appointment; his administration of the project; working with Hallie Flanagan; and public reaction to the project.