Oral history interview with Emily Tremaine
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 38 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Tremaine, Emily Hall, 1908-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History
label: Topic
content: Women art collectors
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: Tremaine, Emily Hall, 1908-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emily Tremaine (1908-1987) was an art collector from New York, N.Y. who was born in Butte, Montana.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 January 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tremai73
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 of Emily Tremaine conducted 1973 January 24, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Tremaine discusses her mother's interest in art; A. Everett Austin's influencing her to collect art; education abroad; discovery of Piet Mondrian and his work, "Victory Boogie Woogie; Miller Company collection of architectural paintings; her personal collection; pop artists and art; and life as a collector.