Oral history interview with Arline Custer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 45 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Custer, Arline, 1909-1975
label: Interviewer
content: McCoy, Garnett
label: Names
content: Archives of American Art
label: Names
content: Detroit Institute of Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Librarians -- Michigan -- Detroit
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Custer, Arline, 1909-1975
label: Interviewer
content: McCoy, Garnett
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arline Custer (1909-1975) was a librarian from Detroit, Michigan. She worked for the Archives of American Art when it first began.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 April 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.custer75
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 of Arline Custer conducted 1975 April 7, by Garnett McCoy, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Custer speaks of the early years of the Archives of American Art in Detroit.