Oral history interview with Elizabeth Benson, 1991 February 19.

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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Benson, 1991 February 19.

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Elizabeth Benson joined the staff of the information room at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in 1945. She later served as a research assistant, worked with Erwin Christensen, and in 1954 became assistant registrar, a position she held until she left the Gallery in early 1961. Benson described her experiences in the information room, her work with Erwin Christensen on the Index of American Design project, the activities of the registrar and her observations of significant Gallery personalities. She noted her meeting with Robert Woods Bliss and her growing interest in the Bliss collection, which eventually led to her departure from the National Gallery for Dumbarton Oaks.

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