Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art
name: label: Interviewer
content: Parsons, Anne Bowen
label: Names
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Baker, Mildred, 1905-
label: Names
content: Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
label: Names
content: Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971
label: Names
content: Brooks, James, 1906-1992
label: Names
content: Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984
label: Names
content: Geist, Sidney
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
label: Names
content: Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988
label: Names
content: Hacker, Seymour
label: Names
content: Holty, Carl, 1900-1973
label: Names
content: Holtzman, Harry
label: Names
content: Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992
label: Names
content: Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984
label: Names
content: Lasker, Joe
label: Names
content: Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Marca-Relli, Conrad, 1913-2000
label: Names
content: McNeil, George, 1908-1995
label: Names
content: Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
label: Names
content: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
label: Names
content: Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986
label: Names
content: Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005
label: Names
content: Schanker, Louis, 1903-1981
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997
label: Names
content: Thaw, Eugene Victor
label: Names
content: Tworkov, Jack
label: Names
content: Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Museum curators -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Publishers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 1985 by Anne Bowen Parsons' son, Randall T. Parsons.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Parsons, Anne Bowen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anne Bowen Parsons (c.1930-1971) was working in the Housing and Development Administration in New York City at the time of her death.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Items (transcripts)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.parsanne
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Items are transcripts.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tapes unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A collection of interview transcripts conducted 1967-1968 by Anne Bowen Parsons. The interviews are with artists, educators, art administrators, and dealers. Topics covered include the Federal Art Project, the Artists' Union, the Club, the influence of French emigre artists, and political activism among artists. The transcripts range from 1 to 4 pages in length.

Interviewees include: Mildred Baker, Will Barnet, Emanuel Benson, James Brooks, Paul Burlin, Giorgio Cavallon, Willem de Kooning, Jimmy Ernst, Sidney Geist, Adolph Gottlieb, Balcomb Greene, Robert Gwathmey, Seymour Hacker, Carl Holty, Harry Holtzman, Reuben Kadish, Lee Krasner, Joe Lasker, Ibram Lassaw, Jack Levine, Conrad Marca-Relli, George McNeil, Dorothy Canning Miller, George L.K. Morris, Reuben Nakian, Phillip Pavia, Louis Schanker, Ben Shahn, Theodoros Stamos, Eugene Victor Thaw, Jack Tworkov, and Esteban Vincente.