Oral history interview with Meyer and Vivian Potamkin
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 45 min.
- Interviewee
- Potamkin, Meyer, 1909-2001
- Interviewer
- Berman, Avis
- Interviewee
- Potamkin, Vivian, 1915-2002
- Topic
- Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
- Provenance
- This interview is 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 administrators.
- Interviewee
- Potamkin, Meyer, 1909-2001
- Interviewer
- Berman, Avis
- Interviewee
- Potamkin, Vivian, 1915-2002
- Sponsor
- Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee. 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
- Meyer (1909-2001) and Vivian Potamkin (1915-2002) were art collectors from Philadelphia, Pa.
- Extent
- 49 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 2001 Feb. 12
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.potamk01
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Vivian and Meyer Potamkin conducted 2001 Feb. 12, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art, in Philadelphia, Pa.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596376867324-1596376867325-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0