Oral history interview with Henry E. Scott
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 sound files. Duration is 3 hr., 33 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Scott, Henry Edwards, 1900-
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Educators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Scott, Henry Edwards, 1900-
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry E. Scott (1900-1990) was a painter and educator from Massachusetts and California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (sound files (3 hours, 33 min.), digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 59 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 May 30-June 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.scott80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives fo American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Henry E. Scott conducted 1980 May 30-June 23, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Scott speaks of his childhood; his education at Harvard and in Italy under Edward Waldo Forbes; his teaching positions at Harvard, the University of Pittsburgh, Amherst College, and the University of Kansas; teaching aircraft identification during World War II; and his research on New England architecture.