Oral history interview with Ben Shahn

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Oral history interview with Ben Shahn

1964 Apr. 14

An interview of Ben Shahn conducted 1964 Apr. 14, by Richard K. Doud, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. Shahn speaks of his travels and work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA); the American image as portrayed by FSA photographs; techniques and materials; exhibitions and publications of his work; and the effectiveness of the FSA project overall. He recalls Roy Stryker, Walker Evans, Arthur Rothstein, Edwin Rosskam and Dorothea Lange.

1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.; Transcript: 29 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7917075

Archives of American Art

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United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section

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A New Deal agency which operated 1937-1942, formerly the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The Historical Section within the FSA documented agriculture, industry, and social life through photographs. From the guide to the Farm Security Administration Migrant Worker Photographs BENSON-MS FSA MIGRANTS. 23249548., 1937, 1941, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) Established 1935 in the Resettlement Administration Historical S...

Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965

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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist, was born Dorothea Margarette Nutzhorn in Hoboken, New Jersey. She worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression. From the description of Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582293 In the spring of 1942, Dorothea Lange was hired by the War Relocation Authority to document the movement of Japanese-Americans during relo...

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975

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Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression. From the description of Oral history interview with Roy Emerson Stryker, 1963-1965 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79221042 Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washingt...

Doud, Richard Keith

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Art historian; Washington, D.C. From the description of Richard Keith Doud papers, 1963-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557238 ...

Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985

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Photographer. Died 1985. From the description of Arthur Rothstein papers, 1936-2000 (bulk 1952-1985). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984757 Photographer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1985. From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Rothstein, 1964 May 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81173081 Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer who worked for the federal government during the Great Depression for the Farm Security Ad...

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975

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Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a photographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Walker Evans, 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595155 Photographer and professor at Yale; best known for documenting the people and conditions of the southern United States during the Great Depression. From the description of Walker Evans photographs, 1935-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55636072 P...

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...

Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985

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Edwin (1903-1985) and Louis Rosskam (1910-2003) were photographers from Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Oral history interview with Edwin and Louise Rosskam, 1965 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80222689 ...