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Interviews relating to the Container Corporation of America, 1984-1985

Catalog Data

Creator:
National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this
Norelli, Martina Roudabush  Search this
Subject:
Coiner, Charles T.  Search this
Denes, Agnes  Search this
Lionni, Leo  Search this
Massey, John  Search this
Paepcke, Elizabeth  Search this
Warwick, Edward  Search this
Paepcke, Walter Paul  Search this
Container Corporation of America  Search this
N. W. Ayer and Son  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
9 sound cassettes (partially transcribed)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Denes and Paepcke interviews are transcribed.
Summary:
Interviews of Charles Coiner, Agnes Denes, Leo Leonni, John Vincent Massey, Elizabeth Paepcke (wife of Container President Walter Paepcke), and Edward Warwick, regarding the Container Corporation of America's advertising campaigns and the development of the art collection. Also discussed is the role of the advertising agency N. W. Ayer and Son to the Container Corporation of America. The interviews were conducted by Martina Norelli, associate curator of graphic arts of the National Museum of American Art, in preparation for the exhibition and catalog "Art, Design, and the Modern Corporation," held October 24, 1985-January 19, 1986.
Citation:
Interviews relating to the Container Corporation of America, 1984-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1991 by the National Museum of American Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art and industry  Search this
Designers -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10316
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213518
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Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213518