Oral history interview with Kenneth Donahue
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Donahue, Kenneth
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
label: Names
content: Frick Collection
label: Names
content: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Interviewee
content: Donahue, Kenneth
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kenneth Donahue (1915-1985) was a museum director and art historian of Los Angeles, California.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 71 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 March 18-April 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.donahu81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Kenneth Donahue conducted 1981 March18-April 17, by Ruth Bowman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Donahue speaks of his early interest in museums; his education at the University of Louisville; his work at the Museum of Modern Art, the Frick and Ringling Museums, and as assistant director at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; some exhibitions and acquisitions by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.