Oral history interview with Harry Dobson Miller Grier
name: label: Interviewee
content: Grier, Harry D. M., 1914-1972
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Frick Collection
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art treasures in war
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Grier, Harry D. M., 1914-1972
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harry Dobson Miller Grier (1914-1972) was a museum director from New York, N.Y. Director of the Frick Collection, from 1964 until his death in 1972.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording (4 hours 30 min.), 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 70 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 Apr. 21-June 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grier70
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Harry Dobson Miller Grier conducted 1970 Apr. 21-June 11, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Grier discusses his study of architecture at Princeton University, teachers and events that influenced him, and the Carnegie Fellowship programs designed to help American students study abroad. He recalls his work with the military during World War II recovering works of art, and speaks of museum operations especially concerning new acquisitions. He talks specifically of his activities as director of the Frick Collection.