Oral history interview with Charles Childs
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 35 min.
label: General
content: Parts 3 & 4 of Childs interview is under Walter Feldman on tape 2.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Childs, Charles
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975
label: Names
content: Karolik, Maxim
label: Names
content: Wales, George Canning, 1868-1940
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
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: Childs, Charles
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Childs is an art dealer and collector from Boston, Massachusetts.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 70 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 April 18-May 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.childs72
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3196 available at Archives of American Art offices and 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 Charles Childs conducted 1972 April 18-May 12, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Childs speaks of his childhood and the development of his interest in art; his first involvement with printmaking; studying at Normal Art School; working at Goodspeed's Print Shop; the art scene in Boston in the 1920s and 1930s; his theories and approaches to art collecting; the development of the Boston Arts Festival; and his involvement with the Institute of Contemporary Art. He recalls John Taylor Arms, Samuel Chamberlain, Maxim Karolik, and George Wales.