Oral history interview with William E. Woolfenden and Irving Burton

Archives of American Art

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From its founding to 1954 the Archives was headquartered at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In 1960 the Archives moved its headquarters to New York but a branch office remained in Detroit. In 1963 an office was opened in Rome to collect the records of American artists' work in Italy. In 1970 the Archives became a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution and moved to Washington, D.C. Directors have included Edgar Preston Richardson, 1954-1964; William E. Woolfenden, 1964-1983; Richard N. Murray, 1983...

Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward), 1918-1995

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William Woolfenden (1918-1995) was from Detroit, Mich. and New York, N.Y. and an art administrator and director of the Archives of American Art. From the description of Oral history interview with William Woolfenden, 1983 Mar. 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84558209 Art administrator, museum director, art historian. Died 1995. From the description of William E. Woolfenden papers, 1938-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515054 F...

McCoy, Garnett

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Burton, Irving F. (Irving Frederick), 1918-

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Art collector; Detroit, Mich. Dr. Burton's collection consisted of mainly 19th and 20th century American paintings. He started his collection in 1957. The first purchases were two paintings by Edward Hopper and Morris Graves, through a show sponsored by the Friends of Modern Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. By 1966, the collection consisted of over 60 paintings, drawings and etchings, and over 100 objects such as pottery, bronzes, glass, etc. From the de...

Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985

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Art historian, museum administrator; Detroit, Mich.; d. 1985. Director, Detroit Institute of Arts from 1945-1962. From the description of Edgar Preston (E.P.) Richardson interview, 1978 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80507170 Art historian, museum administrator; Detroit, Mich.; d. 1985. Director, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1945-1962, Winterthur Museum, 1962-1966, Board Member and President of Pennsylvania Academy of t...