Oral history interview with Eleanor Hershey
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hershey, Eleanor W., 1908-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: Rockport Art Association
label: Names
content: Hershey, Samuel Franklin, 1904-1987
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
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: Interviewee
content: Hershey, Eleanor W., 1908-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eleanor Hershey (1908-1993) was the wife of Samuel F. Hershey, noted arts administrator from Providence, R.I. and Berkeley, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes. Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 42 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 Apr. 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hershe90
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 Eleanor Hershey conducted 1990 Apr. 10, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hershey speaks of growing up in Rockport, Mass.; her recollections of the many artists she knew there, from the 1920s onward; the quality of art done by Rockport artists; the role of the Rockport Art Association; and her husband's career and colleagues at the Rhode Island School of Design.