Oral history interview with Adolph Glassgold
odd: label: General
content: An interview of Henry Billings conducted by H. Phillips is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Glassgold, Adolph, 1899-
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Names
content: Defenbacher, D. S. (Daniel S), 1906-1986
label: Names
content: Force, Juliana, 1876-1948
label: Names
content: McBride, Henry, 1867-1962
label: Names
content: McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981
label: Names
content: Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967
label: Names
content: Robinson, Edward, 1858-1931
label: Names
content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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: Glassgold, Adolph, 1899-
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art administrator, New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Dec. 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.glassg64
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
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Adolph Glassgold conducted by Harlan Phillips on 1964 Dec. 9 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Glassgold speaks of his education; working for the Whitney Museum under Juliana Force; joining the WPA Federal Art Project under Holger Cahill; becoming National Coordinator of the Index of American Design; the IAD's history; his feelings about the success of the Federal Art Project. He recalls Edward Robinson, Forbes Watson, Henry McBride, Holger Cahill, Thomas C. Parker, Juliana Force, Audrey McMahon, and Daniel Defenbacher.