Oral history interview with Alden Mason
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 54 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mason, Alden, 1919-
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
label: Names
content: Anderson, Fred
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mason, Alden, 1919-
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alden Mason (1919-2013) was a painter in Seattle, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 94 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 Jan. 13-Feb. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mason84
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Alden Mason conducted 1984 Jan. 13-1984 Feb. 21, by LaMar Harrington, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, at the artist's home in Seattle, Wash.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Mason speaks of his family background; early interests; his educational background at the University of Washington; his friendship with Fred Anderson; the development of his interest in art; teaching at the University of Washington; his students; his participation in the Artists' Gallery (Seattle, Wash.); the Northwest arts community and some of the artists, dealers and galleries involved in it; his exhibitions; his methods and style; his mural in the Washington State Senate chambers; and his philosophy.