Overview
Collection Information
Size: Sound recording: 1 Sound cassette, analog; 61 Pages, Transcript
Summary: An interview of Eleanor "Brownie" Hibben conducted 1991 Oct. 25, by Suzan Campbell, for the Archives of American Art.
Hibben discusses her life in New Mexico and her friendship with painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
Biographical/Historical Note
Eleanor "Brownie" Hibben (1898-1992) was a wildlife photographer and cinematographer. She was friends with Georgia O'Keeffe and lived in Albuqueque, New Mexico.
From 1919-1935 she was married to Arthur Pack; Pack purchased Ghost Ranch in 1933. She later was married to anthropologist Frank Cummings Hibben; in the 1950s they had a network television series. In 1983 she wote a book about their travel and lives, "In Outer Places: Adventures With Frank C. Hibben."
Provenance
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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation.
Language Note
English .
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. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
