Oral history interview with Gordon Franklin Peers
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 11 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Peers, Gordon Franklin, 1909-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: Frazier, James R.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Interviews
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Peers, Gordon Franklin, 1909-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gordon Franklin Peers (1909-1988) was a painter and educator from Providence, R.I.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound tape reels (3 hr., 11 min.))
label: Extent
content: 52 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 February 17-1982 February 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.peers81
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 with Gordon F. Peers conducted 1981 February 17-1982 February 23, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Peers speaks of his training as a painter at the Rhode Island School of Design and under James R. Frazier; the impact of Cezanne on his work; and the educational program at the Rhode Island School of Design.