Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Mongan

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.mongan79
Creators:
Mongan, Elizabeth
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1979 Sept. 18
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
sound file (1 hr., 4 min.)
digital, wav file
23 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Elizabeth Mongan conducted 1979 Sept. 18, by Bob Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Mongan (1909-2002) was the sister of Agnes Mongan (1905-1996), curator and director of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.

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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.

Digital Content


More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.


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