Oral history interview with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames

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Oral history interview with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames

1965 June 9

An interview of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames conducted 1965 June 9, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. They speak of their participation in WPA projects at Newport Harbor Union High School, the San Diego County Courthouse, the Jon Lindbergh Junior High School, and the California Federal Building and Loan in Los Angeles; mural, mosaic and tapestry techniques and materials; Karl Drerup and the development of enameling in America; and the effect of the federal art programs on contemporary art. They also describe the work of Maxine Albro and Helen and Margaret Bruton.

Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in.Transcript: 30 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559411

Archives of American Art

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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...

McGlynn, Betty Hoag

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Collector of, authority on early California art; San Mateo, California. Full name Betty Lochrie Hoag McGlynn. At the time these papers were microfilmed, McGlynn was married to architect Paul Sterling Hoag. She is married to Thomas A. McGlynn, Jr. Her father-in-law was painter Thomas A. McGlynn (1878-1966), whose biography Betty McGlynn wrote in 1979. From the description of Betty Hoag McGlynn papers, 1934-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565871 Collector of and author...

Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986

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Jean Goodwin Ames, painter, muralist, sculptor and ceramicist, was born and raised in Santa Ana, Calif. She first studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and received a B.A. from U.C.L.A. in 1931 and a Masters in Fine Arts from U.S.C. in 1937. She taught art at Citrus Hish School and Junior College from 1933-1936 and at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School from 1940-1969. Jean and her husband, fellow artist Arthur Forbes Ames, collaborated on numerous murals for the W.P.A. Her tapes...

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-

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Bruton, Helen, 1898-1985

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Helen Bruton is a painter, mosaicist and mural painter. Margaret Bruton is a painter and mosaicist. From the description of Helen and Margaret Bruton interview, 1964 Dec. 4 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242433 From the description of Oral history interview with Helen and Margaret Bruton, 1964 Dec. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025257 ...

Drerup, Karl, 1904-2000

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Karl Drerup, 1904-, enameler and painter of Thornton, N.H. From the description of Oral history interview with Karl Drerup, 1974 Nov. 15-1975 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397274 Karl Drerup (1904-2000) was an enameler and painter from Thornton, N.H. From the description of Oral history interview with Karl Drerup, 1974 Nov. 15-1975 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477486 Painter and enamelist (New Hampshire). From the d...

Ames, Arthur Forbes (American muralist and mosaicist, 1906-1975)

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Painters, educators. Arthur Ames is, in addition, an illustrator and mural painter. His wife, Jean Goodwin Ames is also a craftsman. From the description of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames papers, [ca. 1937-1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404334 Mural painters, mosaicists, tapissiers; Claremont, Calif. From the description of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames interview, 1965 June 9 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80756356 Arthur Forbes...

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966

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Albro is a mural painter and mosaicist; her husband, Parker Hall is a mural painter; Carmel, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Maxine Albro and Parker Hall, 1964 July 27 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 226956471 ...