Oral history interview with Arthur Cort Holden
name: label: Interviewee
content: Holden, Arthur Cort, 1890-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
label: Names
content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
label: Names
content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Architects -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Holden, Arthur Cort, 1890-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur Cort Holden (1890-1993) was an architect from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording (1 hour), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 23 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 Jan. 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holden71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Arthur Cort Holden conducted 1971 Jan. 20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Holden speaks of Frank Lloyd Wright and his work in conjunction with Wright on the Guggenheim Museum, and difficulties in the construction of the museum. He recalls James Johnson Sweeney.