Oral history interview with Joseph Bensman
name: label: Creator
content: Bensman, Joseph
label: Interviewer
content: Raikin, Laurin
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Sociologists -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Creator
content: Bensman, Joseph
label: Interviewer
content: Raikin, Laurin
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joseph Bensman (1922-1986) was a sociologist, social critic, and arts consultant.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 May
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bensma72
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: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Joseph Bensman conducted by Laurin Raikin for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project.