Interviews with Franklin W. Robinson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Robinson, Franklin Westcott
label: Interviewer
content: Goodwin, George M.
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- United States -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Franklin W. Robinson and George M. Goodwin in 1992.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Robinson, Franklin Westcott
label: Interviewer
content: Goodwin, George M.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Franklin W. Robinson () was a museum director and historian. He was the director at Williams College Museum of Art between 1975-1979; director at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design between 1979-1992; director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University between 1992-2011.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums, University and college
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (sound cassettes + 10 p. summary)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 Jan. 28 - Feb 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.robifrank
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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: Interviews with Franklin W. Robinson conducted 1992 Jan. 28-Feb. 26 by George W. Goodwin. Also includes a ten page summary of the interviews by Goodwin. Robinson discusses his childhood in Providence, Rhode Island; years at Harvard where Paul Sachs was a role model; his career; various museum directors; and the Rhode Island School of Design.