Oral history interview with Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 49 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art patronage
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) was a collector, patron, governor of New York, and U.S. Vice-President under Gerald Ford.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 July 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rockef72
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 Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller conducted 1972 July 24, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Rockefeller speaks of his family's art collection, and the influence of growing up surrounded by art; his interest in architecture; his involvement with the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the development of his own collection; his methods for collecting.