Oral history interview with Harold James Brennan
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette and 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Brennan, Harold James, 1903-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: School for American Crafts
label: Names
content: Clayter, Frederick
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Artisans
label: Topic
content: Metal-work
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
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: Brennan, Harold James, 1903-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harold J. Brennan (1903-1989) was a crafts administrator and educator.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 36 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979 Sept. 5 and 1982 Feb. 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brenna79
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 with Harold J. Brennan conducted 1979 Sept. 5 and 1982 Feb. 16, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Brennan discusses his architectural and art historical training at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and at Harvard University in the 1930s; his artistic training in metalwork; the highlights of his career; and his role in the development of the School for American Craftsmen. He mentions Louis C. Tiffany and Frederick Clayter.