Oral history interview with Ruth and Richard Shack
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 3 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 20 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Shack, Ruth, 1931-
label: Interviewer
content: Young, Barbara N.
label: Interviewee
content: Shack, Richard
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Latin American art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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. Funding for the interview was provided bythe Smithsonian Institution Latino Fund.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Shack, Ruth, 1931-
label: Interviewer
content: Young, Barbara N.
label: Interviewee
content: Shack, Richard
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Shack (1931-) is president of the Dade-Community Foundation. Richard Shack (1926-) is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Their private art collection includes works by Maria Brito, Lydia Rubio, Cesar Trasobares, and José Bedia.
function: label: Function
content: Art centers -- Florida
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 90 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1996 December 7-1997 February 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shack96
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 Ruth and Richard Shack conducted 1996 December 7-1997 February 8, by Barbara Young, for the Archives of American Art. The interview focuses on the Shack's support of Latin American artists, the development of their collection, and their personal involvement with community art centers.