This oral history interview with Charles E. Heaney was conducted by Priscilla Carrasco in four sessions from August 2-27, 1981. During digitization of the audio recording in 2021, Tape 1, Side 1, was found to be blank; however, the content of that portion of the interview is included in the interview transcript.

In this interview, Heaney discusses studying art at the Museum Art School in Portland, Oregon, in the late 1910s, and talks about working at the Brandenburg Engraving Company. He speaks about his artistic process and about working with casein paint. He discusses his friendship with Oregon artist C. S. Price, and the artwork of fellow painter Arthur Runquist. He discusses his experiences traveling in Southern Oregon during the 1920s, particularly in the town of Denio, and talks about how those experiences influenced his art. He looks at paintings he made and discusses them.