Oral history interview with S. Lane Faison
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel and 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 40 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane), 1907-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: College Art Association of America
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and war
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
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: Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane), 1907-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: S. Lane Faison (1907-2006) was an art historian in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Audio excerpts: 4 sound files (3 min., 46 sec.), digital)
label: Extent
content: 96 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 December 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.faison81
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 S. Lane Faison conducted 1981 December 14, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Faison discusses his activities during World War II teaching aircraft and ship recognition, gathering information related to art looted by the Nazis, preparing a report that described how Hitler's art collection was formed, and the distribution of unclaimed furniture; the role of the College Art Association during the 1950s-1960s; and his guide to art museums in New England.