Oral history interview with Mary and Clinton Adams
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 2 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Mary E., 1920-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002
label: Names
content: Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection
label: Names
content: J. Paul Getty Museum
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content: Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958
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 administrators. Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Mary E., 1920-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary E. Adams (1920- ) is an art administrator from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her husband, Clinton Adams is a printmaker, painter, and educator. Clinton Adams (1918-2002)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1998 April 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adams98
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Mary and Clinton Adams conducted 1998 April 24, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in the Adams' home, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Mary recalls the early years at the Getty as assistant to Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, being hired by him in 1954, her responsibilities, such as driving Valentiner to the Malibu ranch location, and the property at the time the museum was established. She described the difficulties Valentiner faced in setting up the museum, and his views of J. Paul Getty. Clinton Adams enters into the conversation late and discusses the art scene in Los Angeles, where, at the time, the Huntington Hartford was regarded as the best hope for a local museum.