Oral history interview with John I. H. Baur
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 33 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Baur, John I. H. (John Ireland Howe), 1909-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
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content: Black Emergency Cultural Coalition
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content: Whitney Museum of American Art
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content: Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane), 1907-2006
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content: Focillon, Henri, 1881-1943
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content: Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
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content: Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
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content: Neuberger, Roy R.
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content: Sizer, Theodore, 1892-1967
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum curators -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Interviewee
content: Baur, John I. H. (John Ireland Howe), 1909-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John I. H. Baur (1909-1987) was a museum curator from New York, New York.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 114 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 January 22-February 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baur70
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John I. H. Baur conducted 1970 January 22-February 19, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Baur speaks of his education, his work at the Brooklyn Museum, WNYC radio programs, art dealers in the 1940s, museum acquisitions and his research on William Sidney Mount, John Quidor and Theodore Robinson. He discusses exhibitions and scholarship, joining the staff of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the organization of the Friends of the Whitney, art critics, Whitney Annuals, and the "Black Emergency Cultural Coalition." Baur recalls Edith Halpert, Samson Lane Faison, Jr., Henri Focillon, Lloyd Goodrich, Roy R. Neuberger, Theodore Sizer and others.