Overview
Collection Information
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr.
Summary: A lecture "Artists I Have Known," delivered by Breeskin at the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Biographical/Historical Note
Adelyn D. Breeskin (1896-1986) was museum director and art historian from Washington, D.C.
Provenance
Recorded as part of the Archives' 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.
Funding
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.