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Oral history interview with Charles E. Buckley

Archives of American Art

Object Details

General
Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 sound files. Duration is 5 hr., 53 min.
Interviewee
Buckley, Charles E.
Interviewer
Brown, Robert F.
Names
City Art Museum of St. Louis
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Currier Gallery of Art
Wadsworth Atheneum
Topic
Museum directors -- 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
Buckley, Charles E.
Interviewer
Brown, Robert F.
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.
Biographical / Historical
Charles E. Buckley (1919-2011) was a curator and museum director in Washington, D.C. and Manchester, New Hampshire.
Function
Art museums
Extent
6 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)
Date
1980 June 18-Sept. 19
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.buckle80
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Charles E. Buckley conducted 1980 June 18-Sept. 19, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Buckley speaks of his childhood; his educational background; his training in painting at the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1930s; his trip to Mexico, 1940; his decision to pursue a curatorial career; his art history training at the Fogg Art Museum; his past curatorial positions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and at the Wadsworth Atheneum; and his directorship of the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire and the St. Louis City Art Museum.
Restrictions
The recording is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1596164418804-1596164418805-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9373ff310-3646-4042-98f5-1ce322683c02
View Oral history interview with Charles E. Buckley, 1980 June 18-Sept. 19, Transcript
Oral history interview with Charles E. Buckley, 1980 June 18-Sept. 19, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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