Oral history interview with Carlyle H. Smith
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 46 min.
label: General
content: Accompanied by 14 illustrations (7 slides and 7 photocopies).
name: label: Interviewee
content: Smith, Carlyle H., 1912-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: University of Kansas -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Bennett, William E.
label: Names
content: Rose, Augustus F. (Augustus Foster), 1873-1946
topic: label: Topic
content: Jewelry making
label: Topic
content: Silverwork
label: Topic
content: Jewelry makers -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Metal-workers -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Metal-work
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Smith, Carlyle H., 1912-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Carlyle H. Smith (1912-2004) was a metal worker, jewelry designer, silversmith, and educator of Providence, R.I. and Lawrence, Kansas
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes (1 hr., 46 min.), analog.)
label: Extent
content: 59 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994 August 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smith94
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available at 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 with Carlyle H. Smith conducted 1994 August 8, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Smith discusses his childhood in Torrington, Connecticut, his early interest in jewelry design, education at the Rhode Island School of Design in jewelry making and silversmithing, and teaching at the Rhode Island College of Education. He recalls working in the metal craft shop of Augustus Rose on jewelry design and repair, and studying with English master silversmith, William Bennett, at his workshop in 1947. Smith speaks of teaching metal arts in the Providence, R.I., public schools and setting up the first American university-level metal arts curriculum at the University of Kansas, 1947-1977. He describes his liberal approach to teaching by setting general assignments and working alongside students. He comments on his work, 1930-1993.