Collection Information
Size: 1 Sound tape reel Sound recording 2 Sound tape reels Sound recordings 42 Pages Transcript
Format: An unrelated interview of Anton Blazek conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape. An unrelated interview of Irving Block conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
Summary: An interview of Burton Freund conducted by Betty Hoag on 1965 Apr. 20 for the Archives of American Art.
Freund speaks of his background and education in Chicago; teaching himself sculpture; working as a puppeteer on the Federal Art Project (FAP) in Chicago; doing various other jobs for the FAP, including wood and plaster panels for schools and for the Zoo; demonstrations and union activities; the work of the Chicago FAP, and how the project functioned; the disposal of the work after the project ended; and his career during and after World War II.