Interviewee:

Cummings, Frederick J.  Search this

Interviewer:

Barrie, Dennis  Search this

Names:

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Extent:

29 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1982 July 22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Frederick Cummings conducted 1982 July 22, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Frederick Cummings (1933-1990) was the director of the Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 5 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

Museum directors -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.cummin82

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cb7047b4-4d5c-430b-960b-067d8c7a4676

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cummin82