Oral history interview with Meyer and Vivian Potamkin
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 13 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Potamkin, Meyer, 1909-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Interviewee
content: Potamkin, Vivian, 1915-2002
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Potamkin, Meyer, 1909-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Interviewee
content: Potamkin, Vivian, 1915-2002
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Meyer (1909-2001) and Vivian Potamkin (1915-2002) were art collectors from Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 144 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 Oct. 30-1975 Mar. 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.potamk74
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 Meyer and Vivian Potamkin conducted 1974 Oct. 30-1975 Mar. 4, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.