Oral history interview with Mildred Constantine
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav file. Duration is 4 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Constantine, Mildred
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: College Art Association of America
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
label: Names
content: Drexler, Arthur
topic: label: Occupation
content: Curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art consultants -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Constantine, Mildred
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mildred Constantine (1916-2008) was an art historian from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 92 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 May 3-1976 August 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.consta76
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 Mildred Constantine conducted 1976 May 3-1976 August 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Constantine talks about her career at College Art Association and The Museum of Modern Art in New York between 1930 and the early 1970s. She talks about the early workings of MOMA and recalls Rene d'Harnoncourt, Alfred Barr, Arthur Drexler, and others.