Oral history interview with David Driskell
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 7 sound files. Duration is 5 hr., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Driskell, David C. (1931-2020)
label: Interviewer
content: Mills, Cynthia, 1947-2014
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: African American art museum curators
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: Driskell, David C. (1931-2020)
label: Interviewer
content: Mills, Cynthia, 1947-2014
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David C. Driskell (1931-2020) was a painter, curator, and educator in Washington, D.C. Cynthia Mills (1947-2014) was an art historian in Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 73 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2009 March 18-April 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.driske09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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 of David C. Driskell conducted 2009 March 18-April 7, by Cynthia Mills, for the Archives of American Art, at Driskell's home, in Hyattsville, Maryland.