Oral history interview with Grace Morley
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 9 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Morley, Grace, 1900-1985
label: Interviewer
content: McCray, Porter A., 1908-2000
label: Names
content: Cincinnati Art Museum
label: Names
content: National Museum of India
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content: San Francisco Art Association
label: Names
content: San Francisco Museum of Art
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content: UNESCO
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Morley, Grace, 1900-1985
label: Interviewer
content: McCray, Porter A., 1908-2000
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Grace Morley (1900-1985) was a museum director in both California and India. Morley was the director of the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1934-1958 and was involved in the establishment of the National Museum of India in New Delhi.
function: label: Function
content: Museums -- India -- NewDelhi
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 Feb. 6-Mar. 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.morley82
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Grace McCann Morley conducted 1982 Feb. 6-1982 Mar. 24, by Porter McCray, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Morley speaks of her career in museums, beginning with the Cincinnati Art Museum as a curator; becoming the director of the San Francisco Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Art's history and efforts to show contemporary art; the San Francisco Art Association and its support of artists; her involvement in the Golden Gate International Exhibition in 1939; her involvement with Unesco as a consultant on the efforts to recover artworks confiscated by the Germans during World War II; and going to India to help establish their National Museum.