Oral history interview with Dorr Bothwell

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Oral history interview with Dorr Bothwell

1965 February 27

An interview of Dorr Bothwell conducted 1965 February 27, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art. Bothwell describes her education and art training in San Francisco; painting for the Public Works of Art Project; Federal Art Project murals in Los Angeles; effects of the federal projects on her artistic development; and friends and colleagues Grace Clements, Lorser Feitelson, and Stanton Macdonald-Wright.

Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.Transcript: 17 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7526136

Archives of American Art

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Clements, Grace, 1905-1969

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McChesney, Mary Fuller

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