Oral history interview with Jean Paul Slusser
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 44 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Slusser, Jean Paul, 1886-1981
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painting
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- 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: Slusser, Jean Paul, 1886-1981
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jean Paul Slusser (1886-1981) was a painter, educator, and museum director from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums, University and college -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 69 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 March 14-July 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.slusse73
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 Jean Paul Slusser conducted 1973 March 14-July 26, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. In addition to other topics Slusser discusses his family history, chilhood, teaching at the University of Texas, his job as art critic for the Boston Herald, his studies, his painting, Diego Rivera's work in Michigan, and his position as museum director of University of Michigan museum.