Oral history interview with Una E. Johnson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Una E.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Brooklyn Museum
label: Names
content: Schniewind, Carl Oscar, 1900-1957
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
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: Johnson, Una E.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Una E. Johnson (1905-1997) was a curator and art historian from Dayton, Iowa. She was Head Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Brooklyn Museum from 1942-1969.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recroding , 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 140 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 Jan. 5-July 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.johnso71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Drawings
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
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Una Johnson conducted 1971 Jan. 5-July 29, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Johnson discusses her tenure as Head Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Brooklyn Museum during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.