Oral history interview with Blanchette F. H. Rockefeller
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 49 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker, 1909-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker, 1909-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller (1909-1992) was an art collector and sponsor from New York City. She served as a Trustee and President of the Museum of Modern Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 June 30-August 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rockef70
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Blanchette F. H. Rockefeller conducted 1970 June 30-August 19, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. She recalls her longtime involvement as a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, including her time as board president. She discusses issues such as funding, acqusitions, and exhibitions at MOMA, as well as the Junior Council and International Council. She recalls her education; interest in Asian art; involvement with postwar cultural exchanges in Japan, the Japan Society, Asia Society, China House, and Asia House, and association with artist Shigeharu Matsumoto. She discusses her involvement in Art for Embassies. She recalls her family, including husband John D. Rockefeller, and Nelson Rockefeller, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.