Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Federal Art Project (Calif.)

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The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the prece...

McChesney, Mary Fuller

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Mary Fuller McChesney, sculptor and art historian of San Francisco and Petaluma, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Fuller McChesney, 1994 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979777 McChesney, also known as Mary Fuller, is an art historian, writer, and sculptor. Her book, A Period of Exploration, San Francisco, 1945-1950, was published in 1973 in conjunction with the accompanying exhibition at the Oakland Museum. From the descr...

Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991

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Painter, educator. Died 1991. From the description of Elmer Bischoff interviews, 1977 Aug. 10-Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192010 Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991) was a painter and educator from San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff, 1977 Aug. 10-Sept. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596768 From the description of Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff, 1965 Jan. 20 [so...