Oral history interview with Alvin S. Romansky
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 43 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Romansky, Alvin S., 1907-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
label: Names
content: Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
label: Names
content: Blaffer family
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
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content: Cullinan, Nina J., 1896 or 9-1983
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Menil, Dominique de
label: Names
content: Menil, John de
label: Names
content: Schiwetz, Edward Muegge, 1898-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
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content: Collectors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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.
label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Romansky, Alvin S., 1907-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alvin S. Romansky (1907-1994) was a painter, ceramist, and collector of Houston, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 234 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979 September 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.romans79
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3752 available for use through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Alvin S. Romansky conducted 1979 September 17, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Romansky speaks of his history as a painter, ceramist, and collector; the art scene in Houston as he knew it; his political and law activities; artists and collectors who were his friends and associates; the Contemporary Arts Association; his European experiences; his personal philosophies; and the future of museums. He recalls the Blaffer family, Alexander Calder, Nina Cullinan, and John and Dominique de Menil; William Hayter and Buck Schiwetz.