Oral history interview with John Prip
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 49 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Prip, John, 1922-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: School of American Craftsmen (Dartmouth College)
topic: label: Topic
content: Industrial design
label: Topic
content: Designers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Silversmiths -- 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: Prip, John, 1922-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Prip (1922-2009) was a silversmith and teacher from Rehoboth, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (4 min.), digital)
label: Extent
content: 81 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 Oct. 20 and 1981 Nov. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.prip80
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 John Prip conducted 1980 Oct. 20 and 1981 Nov. 21, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Prip speaks of his training in Denmark, teaching at the School of American Craftsmen and at the Rhode Island School of Design, and designing for industry.