Oral history interview with Elsa Longhauser
name: label: Interviewee
content: Longhauser, Elsa Weiner
label: Interviewer
content: McKenna, Kristine
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art museum directors -- California
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Longhauser, Elsa Weiner
label: Interviewer
content: McKenna, Kristine
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Elsa Longhauser (1940-) is a museum director and curator based in Los Angeles, California. Longhauser is the founding director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, California.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Kristine McKenna (1951-) is a writer and journalist based in Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 11 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0355
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 June 12 and 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.longha24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Elsa Longhauser conducted 2024 June 12 and 14, by Kristine McKenna for the Archives of American Art, at Longhauser's home in Los Angeles, California.­