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Interviewee:
Goodspeed, George, 1903-1997  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Names:
Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)  Search this
Extent:
4 Items (sound files Sound recording, digital, wav file)
45 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1987 Apr. 24-June 3
Scope and Contents:
An interview with George Goodspeed conducted 1987 Apr. 24-1987 June 3, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Goodspeed speaks of his business from the 1920s through to the present as a rare book, manuscript and print dealer; the antiquarian and topical (as opposed to aesthetic) emphasis of Goodspeed's print department; important clients; trends in taste; the market for prints.
Biographical / Historical:
George Goodspeed (1903- 1997) is a book dealer from Boston, Mass.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art 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.
Occupation:
Book dealers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Prints -- Marketing -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.goodsp87
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94eda6712-bb69-4dc2-ad28-5a7d78e34fb5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-goodsp87