Oral history interview with Allen Porter
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 13 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Porter, Allen, 1902-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Coleman, Butler
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972
label: Names
content: Levy, Julien
topic: label: Topic
content: Filmmakers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum curators -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Creator
content: Porter, Allen, 1902-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Coleman, Butler
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Allan Porter (1902-1987) was a curator at Museum of Modern Art.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967 May 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.porter67
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 Allen Porter conducted 1967 May 24, by Butler Coleman, for the Archives of American Art. Porter speaks of his youth and educational background; his interest in photography; collectors; joining the Museum of Modern Art in 1937; films at the Museum; making films for the Army during World War II; art critics; art dealing. He recalls Alfred H. Barr, Julien Levy and Eugene Berman.