Oral history interview with Lois A. Bingham
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 sound tape cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 46 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bingham, Lois A.
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
label: Names
content: National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Bingham, Lois A.
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lois A. Bingham (1913-1996) was an art historian from Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 April 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bingha81
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Lois A. Bingham conducted 1981 April 16, by Estill Curtis "Buck" Pennington, for the Archives of American Art. Topics discussed include her time with the National Collection of Fine Arts; the USIA (United States Information Agency) politics in art; McCarthyism and censorship in art in the 1950s; traveling exhibitions; art transportation and crating; and working with Ansel Adams on a photography exhibition, among other topics.