Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 16 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: White, Ian McKibbin, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
label: Names
content: California Palace of the Legion of Honor
label: Names
content: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
label: Names
content: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
label: Names
content: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
label: Names
content: Levine, David, 1926-2009
label: Names
content: McGregor, Jack
label: Names
content: Shikler, Aaron, 1922-
label: Names
content: Spreckels, Alma de Bretteville, 1881-1968
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: White, Ian McKibbin, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ian McKibbin White (1929-) is a museum administrator of Honolulu, Hawaii. White was the longtime director of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- California -- San Francisco
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 126 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 November 24-1981 January 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.white80
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3199 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ian McKibbin White conducted 1980 November 24-1981 January 9, by Thomas Carr Howe, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: White speaks of his education; U.S. Navy service, 1952-1955; travel, his museum career including work at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Museum, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College, and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor; the merger of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum into the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the funeral of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels; Thomas Carr Howe as his mentor; FAMSF's "blockbuster exhibitions"; membership organizations; development of the American collection; fiscal problems and museum staff. He recalls David Levine, Jack McGregor, Aaron Shikler and others.