Oral history interview with James S. Plaut
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James S. Plaut (1912-1996) was an art administrator and writer from Chestnut Hill, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 42 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 June 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.plaut71
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 James S. Plaut conducted 1971 June 29, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Plaut speaks of founding the Boston Chapter of the Museum of Modern Art, its policies and aims; Boston art scene in the 1930s, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and other positions he has held.