Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood

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Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood

1964 Jan. 31

An interview of Marion Greenwood conducted on 1964 Jan. 31, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels (1 hr. 15 min.) ; 5 in.Transcript: 22 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7245184

Archives of American Art

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Treasury Relief Art Project.

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The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with special funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration) to decorate those federal buildings not funded by the Section of Fine Arts and as a relief agency for unemployed, but highly competent artists. The Chief of TRAP was Olin Dows, Forbes Watson was Director, and Cecil H. Jones Assistant Chief, later replacing Dows. From the descrip...

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-

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Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970

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Painter, lithographer, mosaicist, fresco and mural painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood, 1964 Jan. 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394253 From the description of Marion Greenwood photographs and printed material, [ca. 1933-1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502696 From the description of Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood, 1964 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2201...