Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Margaret Mallory

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.mallor81
Creators:
Mallory, Margaret, 1911-1998
Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
Dates:
1981 Oct. 25
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
9 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Margaret Mallory conducted 1981 Oct. 25, by Thomas Carr Howe, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Mallory speaks of the development of her interest in art and other fields; her career as a collector; and a William Merritt Chase retrospective she organized. She recalls the curator Ala Story.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Margaret Mallory (1911-1998) was a collector and filmmaker from Montecito, Calif.

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
This interview is 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.

Digital Content


More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 26 min.


Keywords

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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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