Oral history interview with David Best
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 16 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Best, David, 1945-
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
topic: label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Best, David, 1945-
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Best (1945- ) is a wood artist from Petaluma, California. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Sound discs (Sound recording (6 hr., 28 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
label: Extent
content: 153 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2007 October 23-December 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.best07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound discs
label: Type
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 David Best conducted 2007 October 23 and December 6, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Best's home and studio, in Petaluma, California.