Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Agnes Abbot

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.abbot81
Creators:
Abbot, Agnes Anne, 1897-1992
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1981 August 25-1982 January 15
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
75 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Agnes Abbot conducted 1981 August 25-1982 January 15, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Abbot speaks of her early education in Berlin; training at the Child-Walker School in Boston under Aldro T. Hibbard and Charles H. Woodbury; and her early years as a studio art instructor at Wellesley College.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Agnes A. Abbot (1897-1992) was a painter and watercolorist from Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Administration

Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes and 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 2 min.


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Educators -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Watercolorists -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Hibbard, A. T. (Aldro Thompson) (1886-1972) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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