Oral history interview with Elton C. Fax, 1976

Biographical Note

Book illustrator, writer

Scope and Contents

Family background, childhood in Baltimore; Syracuse University, 1927-31; New York City in 1936: illustrating, Works Progress Administration teaching at Harlem Cultural Center; work with children; life in Morelia, Mexico to 1956; trips for State Department, cultural exchange program; lecture circuit; books published

Subjects

• African Americans--Education.
• Authors, American--Interviews.
• Fax, Elton C.--Interviews.
• Hill, Ruth, interviewer.
• Illustration of books.
• Illustrators--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.