Oral history interview with DeWolf Perry
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 50 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Perry, DeWolf, 1908-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), b. 1841
label: Names
content: Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Perry, DeWolf, 1908-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dewolf Perry (1908-1989), full name James DeWolf Perry, IV, was an Episcopal clergyman and art collector from Princeton, Mass. Perry's father was the Rt. Rev. James DeWolf Perry, III, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 Feb. 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.perry74
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 DeWolf Perry conducted 1974 Feb. 12, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Rev. Perry remembers his grandfather, John Ferguson Weir, and his great-uncle, Julian Alden Weir. Perry speaks of his famous family and their particular interest in mysticism and the spiritual world.