| Title: |
Reminiscences of Paul Joseph Sachs
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A163
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood, early career as banker and subsequent work in fine arts at Harvard until 1930; impressions of scholars of art and science; print collecting; collectors and their purveyors; patrons of art in the 20th century; Fogg Art Museum; Museum of Modern Art; Harvard Museum course; cooperation with Princeton Department of Art and Archaeology; Bliss Collection at Dumbarton Oaks; Roberts Fine Arts Commission, World War II; American museums after World War II with particular reference to activities of former students; a retrospective look at art critics, dealers, training, and the development of art in America. Pertinent correspondence follows each major segment of the oral history.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 1395 leaves, Tape: 1 reel, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from Mrs. Richard Stillwell, 161 Bowen Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02906. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1958 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Sachs, Paul J., 1878-1965
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1878
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| Speaker occupation: |
Professor of fine arts
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| Age at speaking: |
80
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| Document date: |
1958
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| Interviewer: |
Benison, Saul
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| Organizations discussed: |
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Art; Art criticism; Art galleries, Commercial; Art historians; Art museums; Art--Collectors and collecting; Art--Study and teaching; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Fogg Art Museum; Sachs, Paul J., 1878-1965
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017526-12969
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