Oral history interview with Gustave Von Groschwitz
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
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 -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Interviewee
content: Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gustave Von Groschwitz (1906-1991) was an arts administrator in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Iowa City, Iowa. During the Great Depression, Von Groschwitz served as Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration and was based in New York City, New York. Later he became the director of the Carnegie Museum of Art and associate director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 December 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vongro64
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 Gustave Von Groschwitz conducted 1964 December 9, by Richard K. Doud, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.