Oral history interview with Philip Rhys Adams
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 39 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Philip Rhys, 1908-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Bruner, Louise Katherine, 1910-2004
label: Names
content: Cincinnati Art Museum
label: Names
content: Dine, Jim, 1935-
label: Names
content: Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
label: Names
content: Francis, Henry Sayles, 1902-1994
label: Names
content: Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004
label: Names
content: Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Ohio -- 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Philip Rhys, 1908-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Bruner, Louise Katherine, 1910-2004
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Philip Rhys Adams (1908-1993) was the museum director of Cincinnati Art Museum.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 September 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adams76
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available by request and through interlibrary loan. Audio may be available by request pending review and approval by the Archives.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Philip Rhys Adams conducted 1976 September 29, by Louise Bruner, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Adams discusses the development of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the arrangement of its collections; gifts to the Museum from John Josiah Emery, Mary Emery, Herbert Greer French, Mary Hanna and Mary Johnston; Cincinnati artists including Jim Dine, Frank Duveneck, Henry Francis, Tom Wesselman, and Worthington Whittredge; the expense of a loan exhibition versus museum purchases; and the Contemporary Arts Center and other educational programs. Adams also summarizes his educational background and career.