Oral history interview with Maulina (Molly) Dennett Pendergast
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Pendergast, Maulina Dennett, 1905-2002
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- California -- Sacramento
label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: 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: Pendergast, Maulina Dennett, 1905-2002
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Maulina Dennett Pendergast (1905-2002) was an artist and educator in Sacramento, Calif. She was also known as Molly Dennett Pendergast.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Oct. 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pender64
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 transcript was edited. In 2025 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. Additional information from the original transcript that seemed relevant was added in brackets and given an –Ed. attribution. This interview was audited 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 with Maulina (Molly) Dennett Pendergast conducted 1964 Oct. 25, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also participating in this interview are Robert McChesney (husband of Mary Fuller McChesney) and Ernest Pendergast (husband of Maulina Dennett Pendergast).