Oral history interview with Fred and Edith Nagler
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 17 min.
- Interviewee
- Nagler, Edith Kroger, 1890-1986
- Nagler, Fred, 1891-1983
- Interviewer
- Ferguson, Lisa
- Topic
- Art, American
- Painters -- Texas -- Dallas -- Interviews
- Provenance
- 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.
- Interviewee
- Nagler, Edith Kroger, 1890-1986
- Nagler, Fred, 1891-1983
- Interviewer
- Ferguson, Lisa
- 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.
- Biographical / Historical
- Edith Kroger Nagler (1890-1986) and Fred Nagler (1891-1983) were married painters who lived and worked in New York City, Massachusetts, and Dallas, Texas.
- Extent
- 47 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1979 Dec. 14
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.nagler79
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3752 available for use through interlibrary loan.
- Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Fred and Edith Nagler conducted 1979 Dec. 14, by Lisa Laughlin, for the Archives of American Art Texas Project. Fred Nagler was primarily a painter of Christian religious scenes, and Edith Nagler was a watercolorist.
- Restrictions
- This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596373307507-1596373307509-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Fred and Edith Nagler, 1979 Dec. 14, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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