Oral history interview with Jane Blaffer Owen
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 56 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Owen, Jane Blaffer, 1915-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
label: Names
content: Blaffer, Sarah Campbell, 1884-1975
topic: label: Topic
content: Art patronage -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
label: Topic
content: Women art collectors
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: Owen, Jane Blaffer, 1915-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jane Blaffer Owen (1915-2010) was an art patron from Houston, Texas. She was the daughter of philanthropist Sarah Campbell Blaffer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 March 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.owen80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Jane Blaffer Owen conducted 1980 March 12, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art Texas Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Blaffer speaks of the history of the Blaffer family and its involvement in the art world; speaks about her mother, Sarah Campbell Blaffer and her development as an art patron; and about the family's art collection.