Oral history interview with Frederick James Cummings
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cummings, Frederick J.
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
label: Names
content: Detroit Institute of Arts
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Michigan -- Detroit -- 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: Interviewee
content: Cummings, Frederick J.
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frederick Cummings (1933-1990) was the director of the Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 July 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cummin82
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 Frederick Cummings conducted 1982 July 22, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.