Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe and Robert Neuhaus
name: label: Interviewee
content: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Fairbanks, Peter
label: Interviewee
content: Neuhaus, Robert, 1909-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: California Palace of the Legion of Honor
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- 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: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Fairbanks, Peter
label: Interviewee
content: Neuhaus, Robert, 1909-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Carr and Neuhaus were former directors of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, in the 1930s. Howe was Assistant Director, 1931-1939, and Director, 1939-1968. Neuhaus was Director of Education, 1938-1940; he establishedd a gallery in 1941, Robert Neuhaus Services, which remained opened for about six months. Artists represented included Clyfford Still, George Post, and Joseph Raphael.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (120 min.), analog)
label: Extent
content: 59 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 Sept 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.howe87
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
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: Interview of Thomas Carr Howe and Robert Neuhaus, conducted by Peter Fairbanks and Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in San Francisco, CA, on September 25, 1987.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Carr and Neuhaus, both former directors of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, speak of the San Francisco art scene in the 1930s, with emphasis on museums, patronage, and collecting; their backgrounds and schooling; the Panama-Pacific Exhibition; art galleries in the 1930s; the museum staff at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in the 1930s; and the art climate in the Bay Area. Carr and Neuhaus also recall the McAgys, Grace Morley, Clyfford Still, Alma Spreckels, the Crockers, the Gettys, and others.