Oral history interview with Ray Eames
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav file. Duration is 3 hr., 56 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Eames, Ray
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
label: Names
content: Eames, Charles
label: Names
content: Grotell, Maija
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
label: Names
content: Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
label: Names
content: Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950
label: Names
content: Strengell, Marianne, 1909-1998
topic: label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Designers -- California -- 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: Eames, Ray
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ray Eames (1916-1988) was a designer from Venice, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 89 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 28-August 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.eames80
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 available on-line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ray Kaiser Eames conducted 1980 July 28-1980 August 20, by Ruth Bowman, for the Archives of American Art, in Venice, California.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Eames speaks of her childhood; her education at Cranbrook Academy; meeting Charles Eames; methods and styles in furniture design and architecture; and teaching design at the University of California, Los Angeles. She recalls Hans Hofmann, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Maija Grotell, Marianne Strengell, and Carl Milles.