Interviews of Frances Grimes and Maxfield Parrish, [ca. 1960]

Spinney, Frank,
Curator
N.H.

Collection size: 8 sound cassettes.

Collection Summary: Three untranscribed interviews: one of Frances Grimes conducted by James Farley and Frank Spinney on 5 tapes. Grimes speaks of Augustus Saint Gaudens and other residents of the Cornish, New Hampshire art colony; two interviews of Maxfield Parrish, one conducted by James Farley on 3 tapes, and one conducted by Spinney on 2 tapes (one tape contains portions of both interview). In both interviews Parrish speaks of painting and residents of the Cornish, New Hampshire art colony.

Biographical/Historical Note: Spinney was Curator of the Saint-Gaudens Museum, Cornish, New Hampshire. Grimes was a sculptor. Parrish was an illustrator and painter.

Donated 1981 by Joan Platt.

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