Oral history interview with Philip C. Curtis

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Oral history interview with Philip C. Curtis

1965 March 31

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An interview of Philip C. Curtis conducted 1965 March 31, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art. Curtis speaks of his background and education at Yale Fine Arts School; working for the Federal Art Project as supervisor of the mural project; starting an art center for the Federal Art Project in North Carolina, and another one in Phoenix; supervising a crafts program in Iowa; returning to Arizona; the response of the people of the region to the Federal Art Project; the project's effect on art in the area; and his feelings about current trends in painting.

Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.Transcript: 27 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559428

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Federal Art Project (Ariz.)

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Loomis, Sylvia Glidden.

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Administrator Federal Art Project Art Education Program, New York, N.Y. In addtion to various fine art and craft projects, the FAP included the Art Production Division, the Art Research Division, as well as a number of other art-related programs. From the description of Federal Art Project. Art Education Division records, 1939-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577019 ...

Federal Art Project (Ariz.)

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Curtis, Philip C. (Philip Chadsey), 1928-

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Philip C. Curtis was a painter and an art administrator in Scottsdale, Ariz. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip C. Curtis, 1965 Mar. 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411724 Painter, art administrator; Scottsdale, Ariz. From the description of Philip C. Curtis interview, 1965 Mar. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192861 ...