Caroline Durieux oral history interview, 1975.

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Caroline Durieux oral history interview, 1975.

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Interview with Caroline Durieux concerns her work with, and the importance of, the WPA Federal Art Project in Louisiana and New Orleans during the 1930s. Topics include the purpose, role, importance and effect of the Project; the work of African-American artists; the effect of the Great Depression on art and artists; federal support for artists; and the success of the WPA. Individuals mentioned in the interview include Mayor Robert S. Maestri; John McCrady; Myron Michet; Lyle Saxon; Hazel Breaux; Robert McKinney; George Grosz; Jose Orozco; and Diego Rivera.

1 sound cassette (1 hour);Transcript (28 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7122257

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Durieux, Caroline, 1896-1989

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Dalrymple, Margaret Fisher

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