Von Meyer, Michael, 1894-1984
Sculptor
Size: Transcript 21 pages
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 51 min.
Summary: An interview of Michael Von Meyer conducted 1965 February 12, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.
Michael Von Meyer (1894-1984) was a sculptor from San Francisco, California.
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.
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Michael Von Meyer, 1965 February 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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