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Interviewee:
Sweet, Frederick A. (Frederick Arnold), 1903-1984  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Extent:
55 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1976 February 13-14
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Frederick A. Sweet conducted 1976 February 13-14, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art, in Sargentville, Maine.
Biographical / Historical:
Frederick A. Sweet (1903-1984) was a museum curator from Sargentville, Maine.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 5 min.
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.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Museums, American -- Maine  Search this
Curators -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this
Function:
Art museums
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.sweet76
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99f82bb6f-7621-4cdf-b90a-3539eacf7c2a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-sweet76