Oral history interview with Paul Thiry
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 16 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Clausen, Meredith L.
topic: label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Architects -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Clausen, Meredith L.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Thiry (1904-1993) was an architect from Seattle, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 97 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 September 15-16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thiry83
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 available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Paul Thiry conducted 1983 September 15-16, by Meredith L. Clausen, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project at the artist's home.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Thiry speaks of his early years in Nome, San Francisco, Paris, and Seattle; the decision to become an architect; his early designs; the influence of Japanese architecture; his work in public housing architecture; current trends in architecture; regional influences; church design; shopping center design; the Beaux Arts style; and the importance of history and diversity in modern design.