Oral history interview with Louisa Dresser
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 49 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Campbell, Louisa Dresser, 1907-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Worcester Art Museum
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- 17th century -- New England
label: Topic
content: Painting -- 17th century -- New England
label: Topic
content: Figurative painting, American
label: Topic
content: Colonial America
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts -- United States
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: Campbell, Louisa Dresser, 1907-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Louisa Dresser (1907-1989) was an art administrator and art historian from Worcester, Massachusetts. She was Curator of the Worcester Art Museum and specialized in Early American Painting.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 38 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 October 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dresse72
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 Louisa Dresser conducted 1972 October 19, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.