Oral history interview with Aileen Osborn Vanderbilt Webb
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Webb, Aileen O.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: American Crafts Council
title: label: Topic
content: Craft Horizons
label: Topic
content: Craft Horizons
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons
label: Topic
content: Crafts
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
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: Webb, Aileen O.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Aileen Osborn Webb (1892-1979) was an arts administrator, art patron, and philanthropist from New York City. She founded the American Craft Council in 1943 after which she was president and chair of the Board.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 May 7-June 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.webb70
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: Interview of Aileen Osborn Vanderbilt Webb conducted 1970 May 7-June 9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses her early political involvement in New York; the American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council; American Crafts Council; America House craft shop in New York City; Craft Horizons magazine; World Craft Council; the role of crafts in society.