Oral history interview with Edgar Tafel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 15 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Tafel, Edgar
label: Interviewer
content: Rifkind, Carole
label: Names
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
label: Names
content: Van Alen, William, 1883-1954
label: Names
content: Wolfe, Tom
label: Names
content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
topic: label: Topic
content: Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Tafel, Edgar
label: Interviewer
content: Rifkind, Carole
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edgar Tafel (1912-2011) was an architect from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 128 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 May 16-July 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tafel90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Edgar Tafel conducted 1990 May 16-July 24, by Carol Rifkind, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Tafel discusses his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright and his subsequent architectural career. He recalls William Van Alen, Tom Wolfe, and the construction of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.