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Oral history interview with William Nelson Copley

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Extent:
48 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1968 January 30
Scope and Contents:
An interview of William Nelson Copley conducted 1968 January 30, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical:
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996) was a painter from New York, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 37 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.copley68
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw991c3995a-fa4a-4440-b733-80718786b72f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-copley68