Oral history interview with Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 17 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Parkinson, Elizabeth Bliss, 1907-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Bliss, Lizzie P. (Lizzie Plummer), 1864-1931
label: Names
content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Parkinson, Elizabeth Bliss, 1907-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson (1907-2001) was a patron and collector from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 51 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 Jan. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.parkin78
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson conducted 1978 Jan. 3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Parkinson speaks of her childhood with her aunt, Lizzie Bliss, Bliss' relationship with Arthur B. Davies, the formation of Bliss' art collection, and her involvement in the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art.