Oral history interview with Vivian Browne
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 50 min.
label: General
content: Transferred from original acetate tape reels.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Browne, Vivian E., 1929-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Ghent, Henri, 1926-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Browne, Vivian E., 1929-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Ghent, Henri, 1926-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Vivian E. Brown (1929-1993) was a painter and art administrator in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 July 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.browne68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Vivian Browne conducted 1968 July 1, by Henri Ghent, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Browne speaks of her family background and education; the development of her interest in art; reactions to her work; being a Black artist; printmaking; her work as a supervisor to art instructors in public schools; government support for the arts; her future plans.