Oral history interview with John Gilmore
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gilmore, John, 1910-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas
label: Names
content: Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore
topic: label: Occupation
content: Lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) -- 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Gilmore, John, 1910-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Gilmore (1910-1997) was a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 21 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991 Sept. 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gilmor91
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with John Gilmore conducted 1991 Sept. 5, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gilmore recalls his childhood in Madison, Wis.; growing up in a house built by Frank Lloyd Wright; living in the Phillipines; becoming interested in art history through his sister, Elizabeth Gilmore Holt; his career as a lawyer for the Treasury Dept. in Washington, D.C.; and his involvement in the creation of the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic Monuments in War Areas.