Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Barbara Neville Parker

Summary

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Barbara Neville Parker, 1974 Jan. 21, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Collection ID:
AAA.parker74
Creators:
Parker, Barbara Neville
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1974 January 21
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
29 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Barbara Neville Parker conducted 1974 January 21, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses her career path leading to curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; her colleagues, and research she conducted on early American painting, among other topics.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Barbara Neville Parker (1905-1991) was a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She was from Cambridge, 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. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

Digital Content

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Barbara Neville Parker, 1974 Jan. 21, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Barbara Neville Parker, 1974 January 21, Transcript

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Access
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More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 57 min.

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