Paul Manship interview transcript
name: label: Creator
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Paul Manship interview was transferred from the Library of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, to the Archives of American Art in 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
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content: Paul Manship interview transcript
abstract: label: Summary
content: This interview of sculptor Paul Manship was conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office, New York City, in 1956 and is 70 pages long. Manship recalls his family background and growing up in Jackson, Mississippi; his early art education; working as a studio assistant for Solon Borglum and later Isidore Konti; studying animal anatomy with Borglum; his trip to Spain with Hunt Diederich; his three-year fellowship at Pierpont Morgan Memorial, commissioned works such as the Bronx Zoological Garden gates, Pail J. Rainey Memorial Gateway; collaborations with architects; his friendship with John Singer Sargent; Manship's studio in Paris; the New York World's Fair, 1939; and exhibitions of his sculpture. There are two copies of the interview in the folder.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Manship (1885-1966) was a sculptor based in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.manspaul2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 5044 (fr. 1057-1130) at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This interview of sculptor Paul Manship was conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office, New York City, in 1956 and is 70 pages long. Manship recalls his family background and growing up in Jackson, Mississippi; his early art education; working as a studio assistant for Solon Borglum and later Isidore Konti; studying animal anatomy with Borglum; his trip to Spain with Hunt Diederich; his three-year fellowship at Pierpont Morgan Memorial, commissioned works such as the Bronx Zoological Garden gates, Pail J. Rainey Memorial Gateway; collaborations with architects; his friendship with John Singer Sargent; Manship's studio in Paris; the New York World's Fair, 1939; and exhibitions of his sculpture. There are two copies of the interview in the folder.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Paul Manship conducted by John Morse on February 18, 1959; a Paul Manship letter to Dr. Hugh stalker; Paul Manship estate papers; and Paul Manship papers.