Oral history interview with Henry Sayles Francis
name: label: Interviewee
content: Francis, Henry Sayles, 1902-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Cleveland Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Sayles, Henry
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art museum curators -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews
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: Francis, Henry Sayles, 1902-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Sayles Francis (1902-1994) was a curator and art historian at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (3 hrs. 15 min.), digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 130 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 2 tape reels (5 in.).
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 Mar. 28-1975 July 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franci74
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Henry Francis Sayles conducted 1974 Mar. 28-1975 July 11, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Francis discusses his childhood and education, attending college at Harvard; working at the Fogg Art Museum and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; his career as curator of prints and paintings at Cleveland Museum of Art; his uncle Henry Sayles, a major collector of Barbizon School paintings; his relationships with dealers, and with the directors and trustees of Cleveland Museum of Art.