Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986
Curator, Art historian, Museum director
Size: Transcript 53 pages
Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 32 min.
Summary: An interview of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin conducted 1979 August 1-14, by Julia Haifley, for the Archives of American Art.
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin (1986-1986) was a museum director and art historian from Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
This interview is 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 for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Transcript: microfilm reel 3196 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, 1979 August 1-14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
