Interviewee:

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

Interviewer:

Bowman, Ruth, 1923-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place of publication, production, or execution:

California

Physical Description:

39 Pages, Transcript

General Note:

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

Summary:

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

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Woolfenden, 1983 March 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Funding:

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.

Biography Note:

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

Language Note:

English .

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.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11916

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213204

AAA_collcode_woolfe83

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213204