Oscar P. Fitzgerald research files on furniture makers
name: label: Creator
content: Fitzgerald, Oscar P.
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Bennett, Garry Knox, 1934-
label: Names
content: Eastman, Linda Sue
label: Names
content: Maloof, Sam
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Art consultants -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Furniture making
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Oscar P. Fitzgerald research files on furniture makers were donated in 2005 by Oscar Fitzgerald as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fitzgerald, Oscar P.
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content: Oscar P. Fitzgerald research files on furniture makers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of author, consultant, and historian Oscar P. Fitzgerald measure 0.2 linear feet and are dated circa 2000. The collection consists of Fitzgerald's research material on furniture makers that includes over 100 completed Furniture Maker's Questionnaires recording the histories and accomplishments, influences, and marketing shop practices of respondents, and a paper by Fitzgerald titled "The Movers and Shakers and How They Got There."
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Oscar P. Fitzgerald (1943- ) is an author, art consultant, and art historian in the field of decorative arts in Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated from Georgetown University earning a M.A. and Ph.D. in history. Fitzgerald was the director of the Navy Museum and is a faculty member at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fitzosca
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2022.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of author, consultant, and historian Oscar P. Fitzgerald measure 0.2 linear feet and are dated circa 2000. The collection consists of Fitzgerald's research material on furniture makers that includes over 100 Furniture Maker's Questionnaires from respondents such as Sam Maloof, Garry Knox Bennett, Linda Sue Eastman, Yuko Shimizu, and others about their histories and accomplishments, influences, and marketing and shop practices. Also found in the collection is a paper by Fitzgerald titled "The Movers and Shakers and How They Got There" that was presented to the Furniture Society in Savannah, G.A. in 2004.