Oral history interview with Katrina Van Hook Taylor, 1989 16 June.

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Oral history interview with Katrina Van Hook Taylor, 1989 16 June.

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Katrina Van Hook Taylor joined the staff of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in 1940, working first in the chief curator's office and later assisting Lamont Moore in the education department. She was acting curator of education during Moore's wartime absence and retired from the National Gallery in 1945. Taylor described her education, including Paul Sachs's museum administration course at the Fogg Art Museum, and other experiences before coming to the National Gallery. She explained her early curatorial work with the Gallery's collections and recalled various personalities, including Macgill James, Perry Cott, and John Walker. She recalled her experiences giving gallery tours, presenting lectures and writing public information materials.

2 sound cassettes (ca. 100 minutes)

National Gallery of Art Library

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National Gallery of Art Library

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Walker, John, 1906, Dec. 24-1995.

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James, Macgill.

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Harter, John F. R.

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Moore, Lamont

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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

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Art museum; Washington, D.C. From the description of National Gallery of Art exhibition catalog, 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553233 ...

Cott, Perry B.

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Taylor, Katrina V. H., 1912-

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