Campbell, Louisa Dresser, 1907-1989
Curator, Art historian, Arts administrator
Size: Transcript: 38 pages
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 49 min.
Summary: An interview of Louisa Dresser conducted 1972 October 19, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Louisa Dresser (1907-1989) was an art administrator and art historian from Worcester, Massachusetts.
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.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Louisa Dresser, 1972 October 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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