Oral history interview with George Leslie Stout
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 45 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Stout, George L. (George Leslie)
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
label: Names
content: Worcester Art Museum
label: Names
content: Buck, Richard D.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Conservators -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Conservation and restoration
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Stout, George L. (George Leslie)
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Leslie Stout (1897-1978) was an art consultant, conservator, and museum director from Menlo Park, California.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 59 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 March 10-21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stout78
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 George Leslie Stout conducted 1978 March 10-21, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Stout speaks of his education; conservation work at the Fogg Art Museum; his experience as Arts and Monument officer in Europe; conservation in America; and his directorship and Worcester Art Museum, 1947-1954, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1955-1970. He recalls Richard Buck.