Oral history interview with Mary Schmidt Campbell
name: label: Interviewee
content: Campbell, Mary Schmidt
label: Interviewer
content: Dawkins, Chad, 1982-
label: Names
content: Studio Museum in Harlem
label: Names
content: Tisch School of the Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: College administrators
label: Occupation
content: Art museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: African American art museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women educators
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: Campbell, Mary Schmidt
label: Interviewer
content: Dawkins, Chad, 1982-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Schmidt Campbell (1947- ) is an academic administrator and museum curator. Campbell was a transformational director for the Studio Museum in Harlem from 1977-1987, the cultural affairs commissioner for New York City, dean of the Tisch School of Fine Arts at New York University, and the president of Spelman College from 2015-2022.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Chad Dawkins (1982- ) is a critic and curator based in Atlanta, GA. He teaches at Spelman College.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (audiovisual files (4 hrs., 49 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 88 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Plantronics Calisto P7200 1VY9TN]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 March 17 and 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schmid23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was audited and edited by Jessica Cole.
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: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Mary Schmidt Campbell conducted 2023 March 17 and 27, by Chad Dawkins for the Archives of American Art, at Campbell's home in Harlem, New York.­