Oral history interview with Lloyd Goodrich
name: label: Creator
content: Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) -- Students
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content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Whitney Museum of American Art
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content: Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
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content: Field, Hamilton Easter
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content: Force, Juliana, 1876-1948
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
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content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
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content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
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content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and state
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content: Art -- Forgeries
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content: Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Creator
content: Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lloyd Goodrich (1897-1987) was a museum director and art historian living in New York, New York.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 225 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962 June 13-1963 March 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goodri62
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3197 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Lloyd Goodrich conducted 1962 June 13-1963 March 25, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art. Goodrich speaks of his youth in Nutley, New Jersey; his family background; his father's influence; his friendship with Reginald Marsh; studying at the Art Students League under Kenneth Hayes Miller; attending the National Academy of Design; his interest in music and poetry; deciding upon a career in art; working as a writer, editor, and critic for "The Arts"; his travels for "The Arts"; critics he knew; his book on Thomas Eakins; his work with the Public Works of Art Project; political problems with government support of the arts in the 1930s through the 1950s; working as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art; the problem of forgeries; the Whitney's relationship with other museums; and politics at the Whitney. He recalls Juliana Force, Forbes Watson, Alfred Stieglitz and Hamilton Easter Field.