Oral history interview with Samuel Chamberlain
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 36 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Topic
content: Architectural photography -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Etchers -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Photographers -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
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: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975) was an etcher and photographer from Marblehead, Massachussets.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 September 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chambe72
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3417 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Samuel Chamberlain conducted 1972 September 25, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Chamberlain tells of the influence of his parents, his study of architecture at Boston Tech., his practice of free-lance art and his work for an architectural firm. He also speaks of his European travels and plans to become an artist in France, of learning printmaking in France and experimenting with different printmaking media. He concludes by talking about his photographic work, getting his photographs published in books on architecture, his feelings about small towns and cities, and teaching printmaking.