Oral history interview with Nelson Aldrich, 1982 Jan. 22-1985 Apr. 4
Aldrich, Nelson W.,
d. 1986
Architect
Boston, Mass.
Size: Sound recording: 5 sound cassettes (ca. 8 hrs. total): analog.
Collection Summary: An interview of Nelson Aldrich conducted 1982 Jan. 22-1985 Apr. 4 at Marablehead, Mass., by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Nelson Aldrich discusses his childhood as the son of an architect and nephew of the great collectors Lucy Aldrich and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; his education in architecture at Harvard University with Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer (1934-38); his architectural practice with Wallace Harrison in New York City and his own practice in Boston; his position as as Trustee of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (1947-1960), the Boston Arts Festival (1955-62), the Metropolitan Boston Arts Center (1959-1963), the Rhode Island School of Design (1955-1962), Radcliffe College (1957-1972) and the Boston Architectural Center (1968-1973).
Biographical/Historical Note: Nelson W. Aldrich, Architect and Trustee of Massachusetts.
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.
