Interview with Edwin Bergman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bergman, Edwin
label: Interviewer
content: Erens, Patricia, 1938-
label: Names
content: Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Jewish art and symbolism
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by the American Jewish Committee.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Bergman, Edwin
label: Interviewer
content: Erens, Patricia, 1938-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edwin Bergman (1917-1986) was a Surrealist art collector in Chicago, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 Aug. 21-Dec. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bergedwi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Edwin Berman conducted 1984 Aug. 21-Dec. 21 by Patricia Erens.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bergman speaks of his family background and youth in Chicago; early philanthropic activities in Jewish organizations; beginning his art collection; other collectors he has been associated with; meeting Joseph Cornell, getting to know him and collecting his work; his philosophy of collecting; the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and its history; his service on the Museum's board of trustees; why, in his opinion, there are so many Jewish collectors in Chicago; his civic activities.