Oral history interview with William H. Pierson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 39 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Pierson, William H. (William Harvey), 1911-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts -- 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: Pierson, William H. (William Harvey), 1911-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William H. Pierson (1911-2008) was an art historian and educator from Williamstown, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 128 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 Mar. 11-1982 Jan. 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pierso81
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 William H. Pierson conducted 1981 Mar. 11-1982 Jan. 14, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Pierson speaks of his education at Yale Art School; becoming a drawing instructor at Yale; his graduate work at New York University; his World War II naval service in radar research; his doctoral studies at Yale on New England industrial architecture; teaching studio art and art history at William College, Williamstown, Mass.