Oral history interview with Otto Wittmann

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Oral history interview with Otto Wittmann

1976 August 19-20

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An interview of Otto Wittmann conducted 1976 August 19-20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Wittmann speaks of his family history and life in Kansas City; art courses at Harvard; his position at Nelson Gallery of Art; Sach's museum course at Harvard; teaching art history at Emerson College, Boston College, and Skidmore College; of being associate director of Toledo Museum of Art; of assembling a new staff, and of responsibilities as director.

Sound recording: 3 sound tape reels ; 5 in.Transcript: 124 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7609839

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Wittmann, Otto

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Museum director, consultant; Toledo, Ohio. From the description of Otto Wittmann interviews, 1976 Aug. 19-Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191117 ...

Wittmann, Otto, 1911-2001

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Cummings, Paul (Singer)

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Littlefield was a painter, writer and art collector; New York, N.Y. Died 1969. Cummings, an art historian, was an expert on drawings and prints. From the description of William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings, 1951-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122390381 Art historian and editor; New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul Cummings papers, 1967-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594609 ...