Oral history interview with Daniel Millsaps
name: label: Creator
content: Millsaps, Daniel
label: Interviewer
content: Raikin, Laurin
label: Interviewer
content: Schwartz, Barry N.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Art -- Economic aspects
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 others.
creator: label: Creator
content: Millsaps, Daniel
label: Interviewer
content: Raikin, Laurin
label: Interviewer
content: Schwartz, Barry N.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Daniel Millsaps (1929-1982) was a painter and writer from Washington, D.C.
function: label: Function
content: Exhibitions -- Washington (D.C.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 May 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.millsa71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Daniel Millsaps conducted 1971 May 24, by Barry Schwartz and Laurin Raikin, for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Millsaps speaks of his background and the development of his interest in the arts; his involvement in community arts shows in Washington, D.C.; the origins of his publication, "Artsletter;" the politics of arts funding; improving arts funding on the local and community level; bureaucratic problems artists encounter; and the future of arts funding.