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Summary: Interview of E. P. (Edgar Preston) Richardson conducted by Linda Downs.
Downs, Linda Anne, 1945-
Curator
Size: 46 Pages, Transcript
Summary: Interview of E. P. (Edgar Preston) Richardson conducted by Linda Downs.
Downs was curator of education at the Detroit Institute of Arts; born 1945. E.P. (Edgar Preston) Richardson was an art historian and museum administrator; Detroit, Mich., born 1902; died 1985. Richardson was Director, Detroit Institute of Arts from 1945-1962 and co-founder with Lawrence Fleischman of the Archives of American Art.
Donated 1978 by Linda Downs.
English .
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Linda Downs interview of Edgar Preston (E.P.) Richardson, 1978 Feb. 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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