Oral history interview with Alice M. Kaplan
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 29 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kaplan, Alice M.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: Westbeth Gallery
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- New York (State) -- 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: Kaplan, Alice M.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alice M. Kaplan (1903-1995) was an art patron and collector of New York, New York. Kaplan was a trustee and president of the American Federation of Arts. She founded Westbeth, a project designed to provide housing for artists. She was also a supporter of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Henry Street Settlement, and the Fiftieth anniversary exhibition of the 1913 Armory Show. Kaplan collected art from many cultures with an emphasis on master drawings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 122 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 February 21-March 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kaplan78
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 Alice Kaplan conducted 1978 February 21-March 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.