Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Charles Parkhurst

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.parkhu82
Creators:
Parkhurst, Charles
Pennington, Estill Curtis
Dates:
1982 October 27
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
16 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Charles Parkhurst conducted 1982 October 27, by Buck Pennington, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Charles Parkhurst (1913-2008) was an art administrator and curator in Washington, D.C.

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. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 27 min.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art, American Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Curators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sound recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions