Oral history interview with Gordon M. Smith
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 6 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, Gordon M., 1906-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 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 administrators.
creator: label: Creator
content: Smith, Gordon M., 1906-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gordon M. Smith (1906-1979) was a museum director in Boston, Massachusetts. Smith was assistant regional director of Index of American Design for New England.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smithg64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2021 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Allison Tracy-Taylor in 2025.
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: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Gordon M. Smith conducted circa 1964, by Harlan B. Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Discusses the Index of American Design in New England and his role in it.