Interviewee:

Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward), 1918-1995  Search this

Interviewer:

Bowman, Ruth, 1923-  Search this

Extent:

39 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1983 March 17

Scope and Contents:

An interview of William Woolfenden conducted 1983 March 17, by Ruth Gurin Bowman, for the Archives of American Art, in Pacific Palisades, California.

Biographical / Historical:

William E. Woolfenden (1918- 1995) was the director of the Archives of American Art from 1963-1983.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 1 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.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Arts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Management  Search this

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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.woolfe83

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97669c25c-80f3-4a87-9693-8b68235e661c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woolfe83