Oral history interview with Tom Robbins
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Robbins, Tom
label: Interviewer
content: Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
label: Names
content: Kendrick, William Philip
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Washington (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Authors -- Washington (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Robbins, Tom
label: Interviewer
content: Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tom Robbins (1936- ) is a writer and critic from LaConner, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 March 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.robbin84
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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 available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Tom Robbins conducted 1984 March 3, in La Conner, Wash., by Martha Kingsbury, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Robbins speaks of his youth; the importance of his first trips to New York; meeting Barnett Newman and William Philip Kendrick; the influence of Oriental art; his drug experience; his research on Jackson Pollock; coming to Washington State and working as an art critic; the impact of the 1962 World's Fair on art; and style versus content in art.