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| Creator: | Hoffman, David (David Michael), 1941- | |
| Title: | MoMA History Interviews | |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1986 | |
| Quantity: | 28 standard audio cassettes | |
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| Names of the interviewees are listed alphabetically with the relevant tape number. Titles are those held by these individuals in 1986. | ||
David Hoffman and his writing staff conducted interviews in 1986 with individuals either directly associated or intimately familiar with The Museum of Modern Art. The interviews were conducted in preparation for a television special to mark the Museum's 50th anniversary.
The program was canceled prior to completion.
The collection consists of 47 taped interviews (contained on 28 standard audio cassettes). Many of the tapes contain interviews with multiple individuals. They are physically arranged alphabetically, by the last name of the first person interviewed on the tape. The cassettes have been numbered.
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
The MoMA History Interviews are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archivist.
Mr. Hoffman has signed all rights in the recordings over to the Museum.
MoMA History Interviews, [tape #]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
All recordings in this collection are on poor quality audio cassettes. Access may be denied to particular recordings due to their condition. Some recordings have been transferred to audio compact disks; they are noted in the item listing.
List of Recordings |
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Names of the interviewees are listed alphabetically with the relevant tape number. Titles are those held by these individuals in 1986. |
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| Tape | Title | |
| 1 | Margareta Ackermark | |
| 12 | Lawrence Alloway | |
| 2 | Mary Lea Bandy, Director, Department of Film, MoMA Transferred to CD |
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| 3 | Eileen Bowser, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA | |
| 23 | Mary Campbell | |
| 7 | Tom Carroll | |
| 4 | Leo Castelli, Art Dealer | |
| 5 | Riva Castleman, Director, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, MoMA | |
| 26 | Ivan Chermayeff Transferred to CD |
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| 13 | Eliza Bliss Parkinson Cobb, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, MoMA | |
| 20 | Arthur Drexler, Director, Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA | |
| 25 | John Elderfield, Director, Department of Drawings, MoMA | |
| 9 | Lillian Gish, Honorary Trustee, Board of Trustees, MoMA | |
| 6 | Paul Goldberger | |
| 7 | Paul Gottlieb, Trustee, Board of Trustees, MoMA | |
| 18 | Al Held Transferred to CD |
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| 5 | Robert Hughes | |
| 8 | Sidney Janis, Art Dealer | |
| 9 | Peter Johnson, Rockefeller Family Historian | |
| 10 | Philip Johnson, Trustee, MoMA | |
| 19 | Richard Koch | |
| 11 | Alicia Legg, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA Transferred to CD |
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| 12 | Jay Leyda | |
| 13 | William Lieberman | |
| 14 | Jack Limpert, Director, Development, MoMA | |
| 1 | Donald Marron, President, Board of Trustees, MoMA | |
| 13 | Pierre Matisse, Art Dealer | |
| 15 | Grace Mayer, Steichen Archive, Department of Film, MoMA | |
| 16 | Dorothy Miller | |
| 3 | Beaumont Newhall | |
| 17 | Richard Oldenburg, Director, MoMA | |
| 21 | William Paley Transferred to CD |
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| 18 | John Parkinson | |
| 19 | Waldo Rasmussen, Director, International Program, MoMA | |
| 6 | Blanchette Rockefeller, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, MoMA | |
| 21 | David Rockefeller Transferred to CD |
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| 20 | David Rockefeller, Jr. | |
| 22 | William S. Rubin, Director, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA Transferred to CD |
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| 23 | Robert Ryman, Artist | |
| 24 | Elizabeth Shaw | |
| 25 | Mark Stevens, Newsweek | |
| 26 | Elizabeth Straus Transferred to CD |
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| 11 | John Szarkowski, Director, Department of Photography, MoMA Transferred to CD |
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| 10 | Walter Thayer | |
| 22 | Marcia Tucker | |
| 27 | Edward M.M. Warburg | |
| 28 | Monroe Wheeler | |
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