Oral history interview with John Canaday
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav file. Duration is 2 hr., 29 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York
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 of artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Canaday (1907-1985) was an art critic from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 47 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 August 17-24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.canada71
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: 35mm microfilm reel 4210 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Edwin Canaday conducted 1971 August 17-24, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Canaday reminisces about his childhood in Kansas and Texas; his family; studying at the University of Texas, at Yale and in Paris; and teaching at Hollins, the University of Virginia, and Tulane. He speaks of his travels, his military experiences, writing mystery novels under a pseudonym, and working at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and as the art critic for The New York Times. He comments on the problems of a critic, his influence, the art section of the Times, and his other publications. He recalls Fiske Kimball.