Interviews conducted by Charles Hosmer relating to historic preservation
name: label: Creator
content: Hosmer, Charles Bridgham, 1932-
label: Names
content: Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987
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content: Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-2003
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content: Appleman, Roy Edgar
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content: Booton, Joseph F.
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content: Brown, Paul V.
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content: Bryan, John Albury, 1890-
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content: Bullock, Helen Claire Duprey, 1905-
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content: Bullock, Orin M.
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content: Burton, E. Milby
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content: Cooley, Janet R.
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content: Covell, William King
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content: Cox, Elbert
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content: Downing, Antoinette Forrester
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content: Drury, Newton Bishop, b. 1889
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content: Edwards, Emily
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content: Evison, Herbert
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content: Fauber, J. Everette
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content: Ferguson, Finlay
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content: Fontaine, Jules, Mrs
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content: Ford, O'Neil, 1905-
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content: Grigg, Milton L. (Milton LaTour), 1905-1982
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content: Harral, Mary
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content: Harris, Ethel Wilson
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content: Hosmer, Charles Bridgham, 1932-
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content: Jones, Louis C. (Louis Clark), 1908-1990
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content: Kahler, Herbert E.
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content: Kane, Harnett Thomas, 1910-
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content: Koch, Richard, 1889-1971
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content: Lawwill, Richard
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content: Lee, Ronald F.
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content: Lewis, Ralph
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content: Lord, Clifford Lee, 1912-
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content: Macomber, Walter M.
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content: Morris, Miriam Hubbard, 1891-1982
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content: Morrison, James J.
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content: Neasham, V. Aubrey (Vernon Aubrey), 1908-
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content: Palmer, George A.
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content: Peterson, Erling
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content: Pitkin, Thomas M.
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content: Porter, Charles Wesley, 1904-
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content: Primm, Philip T.
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content: Rath, Frederick L.
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content: Ray, Jerome V.
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content: Robinson, Martha Gilmore, b. 1888
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content: Simons, Albert, 1890-
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content: Trudell, Clyde Francis
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content: Van Ravenswaay, Charles
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content: Warren, Katherine Urquhart
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content: Watkins, C. Malcolm
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content: Watson, Elsa
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content: Webb, Walter P., Mrs
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content: Weig, Melvin J.
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content: Wells, George, Mrs
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content: Whitelaw, Robert N. S., 1905-
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content: Wilson, Samuel
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content: Woodward, Arthur, 1898-1986
topic: label: Topic
content: Historic buildings -- United States -- Conservation and restoration
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- United States -- United States -- Conservation and restoration
label: Topic
content: Historic preservation
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1975-1978 by Charles B. Hosmer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hosmer, Charles Bridgham, 1932-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles B. Hosmer (1932- 1993) was an historian and writer in Principia College, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Items (interviews (1,712 p. transcribed))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hosmchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Items are transcripts.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interviews conducted by Charles B. Hosmer with 54 persons involved in American historic preservation (used in preparation for his book Preservation Comes of Age) and restoration in the United States. Among the topics discussed are the development of the National Park Service, Williamsburg, National Trust, and projects in California, Charleston, S.C., Illinois, Missouri, New Orleans, La., Newport, R. I., New York State, San Antonio, Tex., and Wisconsin. A 98 p. index to the transcripts is included.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Interviewees are: Horace M. Albright, Edward P. Alexander, Roy Appleman, Joseph Booton, Paul V. Brown, John Albury Bryan, Helen D. Bullock, Orin M. Bullock, E. Milby Burton, Janet R. Cooley, William King Covell, Elbert Cox, Antoinette Downing, Newton B. Drury, Emily Edwards, Herbert Evison, J. Everette Fauber, Finlay Ferguson, Mrs. Jules Fontaine, O'Neill Ford, Milton Grigg, Mary Harral, Ethel Wilson Harris, Louis C. Jones, Herbert E. Kahler, Harnett Kane, Richard Koch, Richard Lawwill, Ronald F. Lee, Ralph Lewis, Clifford Lord, Walter M. Macomber, Mrs. George Maurice Morris, James J. Morrison, Vernon Aubrey Neasham, George A. Palmer, Erling Pederson, Thomas Pitkin, Charles Porter, Philip T. Primm, Frederick L. Rath, Jerome V. Ray, Martha Robinson, Albert Simons, Clyde F. Trudell, Charles Van Ravenswaay, Mrs. George Henry Warren (Katherine Urquhart Warren), Malcolm Watkins, Elsa Watson, Mrs. Walter P. Webb, Melvin J. Weig, Mrs. George Wells, Robert N. S. Whitelaw, Samuel Wilson, and Arthur Woodward.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Charles Hosmer papers also located at the University of Maryland, Special Collections. The collection may include original recordings for some of the interviewees, as well as many additional oral history interviews conducted by Hosmer for his book Preservation Comes of Age as well as interviews conducted for a separate historic preservation project funded by the Eastern National Park and Monument Association.