Oral history interview with Robert Kidd
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kidd, Robert, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: O'Korn, Jean
label: Names
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Weavers -- Michigan -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Weavers
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: Kidd, Robert, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: O'Korn, Jean
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Kidd (1936- ) was a weaver from Birmingham, Mich.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 47 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 July 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kidd81
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
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Kidd conducted 1981 July 13, by Jean O'Korn, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Kidd speaks of his family and educational background, student life and his teaching position at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, his influences, his techniques, his philosophy of work and his future plans.