Oral history interview with Arthur J. Pulos
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels and 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 10 hr., 16 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Pulos, Arthur J.
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Pulos Design Associates
label: Names
content: Syracuse University. School of Art
topic: label: Topic
content: Decorative arts -- United States
label: Topic
content: Industrial design
label: Topic
content: Industrial designers -- New York (State) -- Syracuse -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Silversmiths -- New York (State) -- Syracuse -- 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: Pulos, Arthur J.
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur J. Pulos (1917-1997) was a silversmith, industrial designer, and educator of Syracuse, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 300 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 31-1982 Dec. 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pulos80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 Arthur J. Pulos conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Pulos speaks of his childhood as the son of Greek immigrants in Pennsylvania, his education in design at the Carnegie Institute, his World War II experience in aircraft design and metal fabrication, and his development as a silversmith at the University of Oregon. He discusses his chairmanship of the Design Department, Syracuse University, 1955-1982; his industrial design firm in Syracuse, New York; and his involvement in American and international design and crafts organizations.