Oral history interview with Francis W. Dolloff
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 6 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dolloff, Francis W.
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Rossiter, Henry P. (Henry Preston), b. 1885
topic: label: Topic
content: Prints -- Conservation and restoration -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Restorers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Interviewee
content: Dolloff, Francis W.
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Francis W. Dolloff (1908-2006) was a restorer of prints and drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes. Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 51 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 September 19-November 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dollof86
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 is available on 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 Francis W. Dolloff conducted 1986 September 19-1986 November 13, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dolloff speaks of his childhood and education in the Boston area; of his work as a young helper, from 1924 on, in various capacities at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; working in the late 1920s as a self-taught prints and drawings restorer under Henry P. Rossiter at the Museum of Fine Arts; modern apprenticeship plus specialized training for restorers.