Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.
- Creator
- Schoonover, Frank Earle, 1877-1972
- Interviewer
- Doud, Richard Keith
- Names
- Harper's Magazine Foundation
- Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966
- Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
- Topic
- Illustrators -- 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 others.
- Creator
- Schoonover, Frank Earle, 1877-1972
- Interviewer
- Doud, Richard Keith
- Biographical / Historical
- Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) was an illustrator, from Wilmington, Delaware.
- Extent
- 23 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1966 April 6
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.schoon66
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Frank Schoonover conducted 1966 April 6, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art. Schoonover speaks of his first meeting with Howard Pyle; studying under Pyle at Drexel Institute and at Pyle's own school; Pyle's work for "Harper's"; working for "Harper's" himself as an illustrator; Pyle's contribution to illustration; and meeting Maxfield Parrish.
- Restrictions
- Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596313841672-1596313841673-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Frank Schoonover, 1966 April 6, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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