Oral history interview with Robert Chesley Osborn
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 41 min.
- Interviewee
- Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994
- Interviewer
- Cummings, Paul
- Occupation
- Painters -- Connecticut -- Salisbury -- Interviews
- Topic
- Art, American
- Illustrators -- Connecticut -- Salisbury -- 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
- Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994
- Interviewer
- Cummings, Paul
- 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
- Robert Osborn (1904-1994) was an illustrator and painter of Salisbury, Conn.
- Extent
- 4 Items (sound files, digital, wav)
- 54 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1974 Oct. 21
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.osborn74
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview with Robert Chesley Osborn conducted 1974 Oct. 21, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596285065045-1596285065048-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Robert Chesley Osborn, 1974 Oct. 21, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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