Irma Jaffe interviews
name: label: Creator
content: Jaffe, Irma B.
label: Names
content: Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Irma Jaffe interviews were donated in two separate installments. The Hans Hofmann, Max Kozloff, and "Alienation and Commitment" panel discussion recordings and transcripts were donated in 1967 by Sam Jaffe, Irma Jaffe's husband. The remainder of the collection was donated by Irma Jaffe in 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jaffe, Irma B.
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content: Irma Jaffe interviews
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of art historian Irma Jaffe date from 1965-1977, measure 1 linear foot, and contain interviews, some transcripts, and a letter. The recordings include interviews conducted by Jaffe for her book The Sculpture of Leonard Baskin (1980), and recordings made for the radio program "Art News and Interviews," WFMU radio, Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Irma Jaffe (1917-2018) was an art historian in New York, New York, who wrote about European Renaissance, Baroque, and 19th and 20th century American art. She received her PhD from Columbia University, and then served as a research curator for the Whitney Museum. She later became a professor at Fordham University, and was founder and first chair of the university's Music and Art History Department.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jaffirma
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 2 series.

Series 1: Interviews, 1965-1977 (Box 1, 0.9 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1977 (Box 1, 0.1 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid was written by Christopher DeMairo in 2019.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: All of the sound recordings in the collection were digitized for research access and are available at Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of art historian Irma Jaffe date from 1965-1977, measure 1 linear foot, and contain interviews, some transcripts, and a letter. The recordings include interviews conducted by Jaffe for her book The Sculpture of Leonard Baskin (1980), and recordings made for the radio program "Art News and Interviews," WFMU radio, Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey.