| Collection Name: |
American Cultural Leaders Project |
| Repository Name: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
New York, New York, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/culture.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1968-1968 |
| Description: |
This series of interviews was conducted by Joan Simpson Burns to provide material for a study of patterns in American cultural life, published in her book The Awkward Embrace: The Creative Artist & the Institution in America. Mrs. Burns' interest centered on her subjects' family backgrounds and early exposure to the arts as well as on their later contributions to American culture. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
17 |
| Interviews: |
[18 interview(s) listed in this collection] |
| Broad Subjects: |
Art; Intellectual life |
| ASP Subjects: |
Arts--United States; Columbia University, New York, NY; Culture; Family--History; Oral history; United States |
| Other Subjects: |
American arts |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000792 |
