Oral history interview with Gordon Bailey Washburn
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Washburn, Gordon B. (Gordon Bailey), 1904-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Field, Virginia
label: Names
content: Asia House Gallery
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- United States -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Washburn, Gordon B. (Gordon Bailey), 1904-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Field, Virginia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gordon Bailey Washburn (1904-1983) was an art museum director from New York, N.Y. He was the director of Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., 1931-1942; director of Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1942-1949; director of the Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950-1962; and director, Asia House Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1961-1974.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 94 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977 March 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.washbu77
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Gordon Bailey Washburn conducted 1977 March 1, by Virginia Field, for the Archives of American Art. Washburn speaks of his career in museums, with emphasis on his work as director of the Asia House Gallery.