Oral history interview with Ian McKibbin White
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: White, Ian McKibbin, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
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
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1959 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by TRIPTYCH magazine of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: White, Ian McKibbin, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ian McKibbin White (1929- ) is a museum director from California.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- California -- San Francisco
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 79 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 January 8-12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.white87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 retiring director of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Ian McKibbin White conducted 1987 January 8-12, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Mr. White discusses the merger of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and M. H. De Young Memorial Museum and other highlights of his 24-year tenure as director of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco.