Hellman, Lillian Florence, 1906-1984
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Size: Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.
Transcript: 14 p.
Format: An interview of Atlee B. Ayres conducted by Sylvia Loomis is also on this tape.
Summary: An interview of Bertha Louise Hellman conducted 1965 May 13, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Bertha Louise Hellman (1905-1984) was a muralist and painter in San Antonio, Tex. Also known as Bertha Louise Rublee. She worked on the Public Works of Art Project of the U.S. Treasury Department.
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Bertha Louise Hellman, 1965 May 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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