Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Margaret Mallory

Summary

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Margaret Mallory, 1981 Oct. 25, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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:
14 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 decorative art, primarily turn-of-the century American art; her career as an art collector; a William Merritt Chase retrospective she organized; her associatons with curator Ala Story and with Clifford and Reynolds Beal; and the Santa Barbara arts scene.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Margaret Mallory (1911-1998) was an art collector, composer, theater critic, and filmmaker from Greenwich, Connecticut who lived and worked in New York City and Santa Barbara, California.

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. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

Digital Content

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Margaret Mallory, 1981 Oct. 25, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Margaret Mallory, 1981 October 25, Transcript

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

More Information

General

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

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