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Archives of American Art
Merle Schipper interviews
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schimerl2
- Creators:
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Schipper, Merle
- Dates:
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1978-1987
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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21 Sound cassettesSound recording
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
A lecture and interviews of twenty-two Southern California painters and sculptors, conducted and recorded by Los Angeles art critic Merle Schipper.
Scope and Contents
Interview tapes and Schipper's fragmentary notes are available for Greg S. Card, Tony Delap, Robert Graham, Frederick Hammersley, Marvin Harden, Craig Kauffman, Claude Kent, Charles Kessler, Harry Kipper, Jay Phillips, Charles Seliger, Peter T. Shelton, Judith Simonian, David Trowbridge, and John Van Hamersveld.
Scope and Contents
Only tapes are available for John Anderson, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Helen Pashgian, Frederick Stallknecht Wight and Rita Yokoi. Only Schipper's fragmentary notes are available for the DeWain Valentine interview. A tape of Craig Kauffman's May 9, 1979 lecture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is also included.
Arrangement
Arrangement
John Anderson interview is on the Gordon Onslow-Ford tape.
Arrangement
John Van Hamersveld interview is on the Harry Kipper tape.
Arrangement
Frederick Stallknecht Wight interview is on the Joyce Cutler-Shaw tape.
Arrangement
Rita Yokoi interview is on the Helen Pashgian tape.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
California art critic and curator of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University; b. in 1922.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1988 by Merle Schipper.
Using the Collection
Medium
Magnetic tape.
Conditions Governing Access
Untranscribed interviews; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office.
More Information
Other Finding Aids
Other Finding Aids
A list of dates of interviews is available from the Oral History technician.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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