Oral history interview with Thomas Carr Howe
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 37 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: California Palace of the Legion of Honor
label: Names
content: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- California -- San Francisco -- 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Thomas Carr Howe (1904-1994) was a museum director of San Francisco, California.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- California -- San Francisco
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 53 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 June 2-3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.howe76
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Thomas Carr Howe conducted 1976 June 2-3, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Howe speaks of the history of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the growth of the museum and its collections, the museum's relationship with the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, as well as his service in World War II in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section of the U.S. Army, where he worked closely with George Stout recovering stolen artwork in the salt mines at Alt Aussee.