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Baird, Thomas, 1923-,. Oral history interview with Thomas Baird, 1989 August 15.

Title: Oral history interview with Thomas Baird, 1989 August 15.

Thomas Baird was a curator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from 1956 to 1960. Baird described his education and training and the nature of his work at the National Gallery. He recalled the Gallery's relationship to the Kress Foundation and to Chester Dale and other donors. He recalled significant personalities including Perry Cott, David Finley, H. Lester Cooke, Fern Shapley, and John Walker and their working styles and relationships.

ArchivalResource: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 135 minutes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83827889 View

DeWald, Ernest T. (Ernest Theodore), 1891-1968. Papers, 1700-1966.

Title: Papers, 1700-1966.

Miscellaneous letters and papers of Ernest DeWald. Collection includes notes for a lecture on Thomas Gray; letter about DeWald's book, Pietro Lorenzetti; notes on the Hapsburgs; information concerning his work with German POWs after the Nazi surrender; a number of 18th century Italian etchings-engravings depicting ancient Tuscany and Roman antiquities.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders; 47 sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727944352 View

Ferber, Elise V. H.,. Oral history interview with Elise Van Hook Ferber, 1991 November 18.

Title: Oral history interview with Elise Van Hook Ferber, 1991 November 18.

Elise Ferber joined the staff of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 1956 and worked in a number of capacities, especially as assistant to chief curator Perry Cott. She left the National Gallery in 1970 to serve as assistant to the director at Dumbarton Oaks, returning in 1972 as curator in charge of the art information service, a position in which she remained until 1987. From 1987 to 1989 she compiled a historical list of Gallery exhibitions in the gallery archives. Ferber noted many facets of the development of the Gallery and changes that occurred through the years, as well as personalities she worked with, especially Perry Cott. She discussed a number of the Gallery's exhibitions and other noteworthy events, especially observing that the small size of the staff when she began her work offered her the opportunity to work "across the board as one does in a small museum."

ArchivalResource: 3sound cassettes (ca. 200 minutes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84403444 View